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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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“Almost all the trades that were working yesterday aren’t working today,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, in a phone call Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

It has an outperform call on the stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

There will be an immediate call to address issues both of affordability and of accountability.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

The results revealed that the body uses the same molecular system both to call immune cells into action and to protect healthy tissue from the consequences.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

From now on this was the sound of roll call, the stamping of thousands of feet on the long dark street.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Agility sells Digit to customers using a subscription model it calls robot-as-a-service.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Tuchel is aware of Lankshear and with a lack of number nines across the age groups it could be an interesting option for a manager who is not afraid of making big calls.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Last year, the fire service took around 750 calls on Bonfire Night and attended more than 250 bonfires.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“When the Chips Are Down,” a 2023 book by Indian tech experts Pranay Kotasthane and Abhiram Manchi, calls India’s “poor environment for businesses” the “common thread in these failures.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

I lay awake a while longer, watching a searchlight sweep the rear wall in long regular arcs, hearing the distant calls of soldiers patrolling the walls.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, following the killing, called Washington a “devoted public servant.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Political ethicist Dennis Thompson called this the problem of many hands: When many officials each contribute a small part to a collective outcome, responsibility seems to dissolve until no one bears it.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

In a statement, Henry's family called the decision "an important step towards justice" but said "no sentence, however long, can ever give Henry his life back".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But the buyer can then apply for a conventional mortgage on the property after closing, a move called delayed financing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

When we were in need, the ancestors called us here.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Such lobbying was held up as evidence of Wong calling for sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

A message went around Portugal with a big thank you for everything, calling Ronaldo a global ambassador and an inspiration to millions.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Public officials are calling for more housing as Culver City endeavors to reach the Southern California Assn. of Governments’ target of adding 3,341 units to Culver City by 2029, Mayor Freddy Puza said in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The unions are calling for an increase in the minimum wage, which has not received any discretionary boost since 2012, across-the-board wage raises, tax reforms and better learning conditions for young people.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“That person didn’t leave his or her or their name, and they could have been calling from anywhere; they could have been calling from Los Angeles.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse


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