calling

Example Sentences

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Businesses have been calling for a review of the regulations, claiming the current model makes Heathrow the most expensive airport in the world.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

FBI director Kash Patel said on X that his agency had arrested and returned Al-Saadi to the United States, calling him a "high-value target responsible for mass global terrorism."

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He uses this comical, criminal-esque language, calling shield laws a “scheme” and an “operation.”

From Slate • May 15, 2026

He’s credited with calling not just the spike in oil prices that helped precipitate the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, but also the oil glut that followed over the next decade.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

They were saying they loved him and were calling him grandson.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith