calling

Example Sentences

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After weeks calling the agency only to get a recorded message, she woke before sunrise recently to wait in line at an Arizona Department of Economic Security office in south Phoenix.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

More BP shareholders are backing a move calling on the energy major to prove that increasing investment in oil-and-gas production will deliver value for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He’s started calling customers with whom he had flat rates to renegotiate prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"This is totally unacceptable," Anwar Gargash told the BBC, calling it a dangerous precedent for other vital chokepoints around the world.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

I started dreaming that I heard someone calling my name.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls