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  • present participle of call.
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calling

[kaw-ling] / ˈkɔ lɪŋ /


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Trucking executives are calling an end to one of the longest freight downturns in carriers’ memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A Collins-aligned group is launching ads featuring Maine voters reading Platner's old online posts and calling him "too risky."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Several of those were claimed by a new group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Companies on the screen had to have recent gross profit margins below their long-term averages, but have analysts calling for rising gross profit margins.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Tansy’d be standing smug in the front door, calling us cattle to the trough of knowledge.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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