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Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the Budget "has a raft of fiddly measures but very little that will move the dial on growth".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"That week my cousin, who hadn't done this before or since, just started to butt dial me every day and by the fifth day the light bulb moment came," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Making more of it isn’t as easy as turning a dial: refineries transform crude into various fuels at fixed proportions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s always helpful to have a trust-and-estate attorney on speed dial.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Anyways, long as they got me stuck in here and I gotta make calls home I’m gonna dial a fake number.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

"I tried to unlock it for about 20 years, I tried moving the dials, finding the right combinations, and I failed," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

It’s wonderful to behold their many primitive-looking screens, buttons, dials and keyboards, and know that these same tools were responsible for the safety of the astronauts as they blasted into the unknown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A few years later it bought Nateber SA, a maker of dials, and watch manufacturer Joseph Erard Holding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Subscriptions could drive another $7 billion in revenue, Nowak said, and $2 of earnings growth, as the group begins “turning emerging monetization dials and creating new costs to compete for audiences and wallet share.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Art, noting it, began to manipulate the radio dials for no other reason than that he didn’t know what else to do.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Wall Street traders dialed up their bets that the Fed may indeed raise rates when officials meet in two weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

By the time Skubal faced Baldwin again, with two outs in the third, his whole arsenal was dialed in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, just dialed up his forecast for expected household heating costs for those who depend on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She dialed the Comanche Police Department, and within minutes, a sheriff’s deputy arrived, followed by emergency responders.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I dialed the number while Vonetta and Fern cupped their hands at the coin return just in case.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

One of five men arrested near RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning had dialled 999 himself, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The central bank also dialled down its threat of interventions to weaken the franc by removing its reference to having an “increased willingness” to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"They phoned the airbase police, who didn't answer the phone. It just rang out so she dialled 999," he told the BBC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Perhaps that dialled down the sense of occasion a notch.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I held out for about three minutes before I retrieved the phone and dialled into voice mail.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Home-insurance premiums hit a record high in June, dialing up the heat on homeowners’ budgets across America.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

“But Tehran is comfortable just dialing up the pressure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

"Sure," Turtle replied, dialing the telephone number of the hospital.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Anyone becoming unwell with symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia should seek medical help urgently at the closest Accident and Emergency Department or by dialling 999.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

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

Seconds later, as screaming children streamed out of the venue and passed his taxi, Mr Poland drove away and waited more than 50 minutes before dialling 999.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

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