collect call

Example Sentences

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Although her children could be heard in the background of a March 20 collect call obtained by People, she referenced them being taken from her custody in another call two days later.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

It has been almost two weeks, and he still will not even answer the phone, possibly a collect call from Stockholm.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016

In particular, he said a collect call McCullough made from the Rockford post office on the night when Maria disappeared showed that it would have been impossible for McCullough to have abducted the girl.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2016

Lydia: On this we certainly agree: That glimpse of Jessa and Shoshanna watching “Scandal” and failing to accept a collect call from Hannah was not nearly enough of the girls for me.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015

A few days after my uncle was buried, I was finally able to make a collect call to Laura.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah