calling

Example Sentences

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Businesses have been calling for a review of the regulations, claiming the current model makes Heathrow the most expensive airport in the world.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Based on Rededicate 250’s marketing, most of the program looks likely to avoid overtly political rhetoric in favor of generic prayers calling on God to bless the country.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

He uses this comical, criminal-esque language, calling shield laws a “scheme” and an “operation.”

From Slate • May 15, 2026

He’s credited with calling not just the spike in oil prices that helped precipitate the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, but also the oil glut that followed over the next decade.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

‘I don’t think it’s anywhere close. Otherwise that wren wouldn’t be calling.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver