calling for

Example Sentences

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Department of Veterans Affairs is calling for bids to build fewer than a third of that number with a delivery date seven months later.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It comes after the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France and Germany published a joint statement calling for a "just and lasting" deal to end the war with Russia.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for crisis management, visited the provincial capital, Bunia, calling for humanitarian and health workers in the region to be guaranteed access to people in need.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Again, I’m not a puritan calling for prohibition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

She was one of sixty-eight early feminists who signed the revolutionary Declaration of Sentiments, calling for equal citizenship for women in the United States.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock