calling up
Example Sentences
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It says plenty that, instead of calling up a bowler immediately once the latter went down, they waited until mid-tournament to call up Smith, a batter.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
The video concludes with the officer opening a laptop while parked in an isolated spot and calling up a page that says “Contact the CIA” in Chinese.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Others said the move was driven by the Federal Reserve doing “rate checks” — that is, calling up large currency dealers and asking for quotes on the dollar-yen pair.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
“I’m calling up my people and I’m saying, ‘Is this going on throughout the city and the county?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
Looping the rope’s end around the old water-butt that had been the ferret’s drum, she sprang inside, calling up to the parapet, “Haul away, Constance.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
