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These engines are highly complex and it takes time for teams to dial into them so they are working at their optimum.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Antonio Campos, who kind of began and ended us, we had a little bit of a dial, and he was like, “Bring it back a bit” or “I think it needs a little more.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

She saw Turkey's denial of the Israeli allegations as a way to dial down tensions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The ability to dial down imports this way is the result of years of planning by Beijing to reduce dependence on overseas oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

It could be a bill collector for all I know, and they always get the dial tone.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

When Lane Kiffin dials a number, the person on the other end usually answers and takes the call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Customers outside Iran call his Turkish phone on WhatsApp and he then dials their loved ones on his Iranian mobile.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

It also immediately dials up pressure on the White House from consumers and businesses who are seeking payback.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

He is hearing more automated screening when he dials others, but he is also making fewer calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

She dials the number, listens as it rings four times.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He was a senior in high school at the time and remembered how much attention was dialed into the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Some food, beverage and retail companies selling to mainstream American consumers say their customers have dialed back spending as a result of rising fuel and other prices, dimming sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Fight choreography was made to look more like brawling, with Chau noting performers dialed back “strong shapes, motions and lines” into characters that are “a little bit more broken down” to underscore the noir aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

This isn’t because I was uniquely dialed in to the Bard’s clever use of equivocation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I went downstairs and dialed Henry’s number, and got, as I expected, no answer.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The last time he visited the One Stop store on Fusehill Street was mid-afternoon on 27 July, the day before he dialled 999.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The economy had been set for a rebound this year on the back of hefty government spending, but forecasts have been dialled back due to the conflict.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

At 09:02 a passerby spotted the paddleboarders in difficulty in the water and dialled 999.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

"Apollo Go, are you paralysed?" one person wrote on social media, alongside a video of unanswered calls to the company dialled from an in-car tablet.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

He dialled the call on a secondary phone.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

But rather than dialing anything back, the big players are just revving their engines more and more.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

But make no mistake: by dialing up their otherwise elegant chamber pop with a little extra crunch and distortion, the players of Not for Radio came ready to rock out with the Daisy Chain crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Wall Street has been busy dialing up expectations for U.S. refiners’ second-quarter profits and sales.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Microsoft has since softened its approach, dialing back the branding of some AI tools and even discontinuing free, built-in Copilot access in certain Office applications.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

I’m dialing her before the back doors even close.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday she believed US President Donald Trump still desires to own Greenland despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

It will be filmed in a studio in New York, but with reporters dialling in from the England camp and fan zones.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

"I started dialling numbers on my mobile phone like crazy, but I couldn't get in touch with my wife and children," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

Help is also available in the US and Canada by dialling 988.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger