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dial

verb as in tune to desired position

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That question sparked a years-long conversation during which the watchmaker grappled with how to indicate the 12 hours of the dial using just five fingers.

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Peace — or at least a dialing back of tensions — in the Middle East?

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Instead, she put on Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia, dialled up the keyboard's "synth strings" setting, and pressed down two keys.

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She dialed in from Mexico City, a few hours before catching a flight to Italy to kick off a new leg of her “Día” tour.

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It never stopped, and the Democratic shutdown is simply giving the White House new energy and excuse to dial up the action.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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