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He has at least three doctors on speed dial, and regular sessions with a performance coach who also works with NBA and NFL stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Another misfiring, disjointed, underpowered performance – like that in their most-recent visit to Twickenham, February's 42-21 defeat by Ireland - would dial up the pressure on Borthwick another notch.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Amid all the turmoil of 2026, some may yearn to dial the culture back to 2016 — in all its rainbow-saturated, Rio de Janeiro Instagram-filtered glory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The charity said that "despite some progress" the Scottish government's existing plans "will not deliver the scale of change needed to shift the dial."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The coolest part about the hotel was that we could just dial the front desk on the phone, order any food we wanted, and in a few minutes they’d bring it up to us.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

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

"It is basically taking the idea of butt dials and what if they were a symptom of something more deadly."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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

China’s auto sales fell in February, reflecting cooling demand as Beijing dials back government subsidies and tax benefits for purchases of electric vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

She dials and we all wait anxiously while the phone rings on speaker.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Nscale’s hopes of going public next month have been thwarted, while rival Lambda dialed back the valuation it was seeking in a new fundraising round, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

He had dialed out the combination many times; he relied on it greatly.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

He dialled the call on a secondary phone.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

They were dialing back those expectations late-morning Wednesday to a 37.1% probability, after a reading on August inflation from the personal consumption expenditures price index showed that its year-over-year climb eased to 3.4%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

By dialing down the sweetener in the original formula, the 70-year-old theorized, fellow chai addicts must now plunk down more for pumps of vanilla syrup or other add-ins to remake their drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialing his home number when he changed his mind.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

This gives the heart a bigger job of pumping it around the body and it copes by dialling up the blood pressure - a bit like cranking the tap on a garden hose pipe.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

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

Organisers of the youth-led protest movement known as GenZ 212 - the number refers to Morocco's international dialling code - have distanced themselves from the violence.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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