calling up

Example Sentences

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He's resisted whatever urge he may have had in calling up James Forrest.

From BBC • May 19, 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

Altman and Musk won’t suddenly be calling up someone with $10,000 in their brokerage account to see if they want to participate in a new funding round.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

“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

I told Sookie and Lester the chatter I’d heard on Mr. Patterson’s radio about the odds of the Sox calling up a shortstop from the minors named, Nomar Garciaparra.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen