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“People can decide where to go on vacation or not. Those are easier to adjust and cancel or dial back. But those required or necessary expenses are there, and they are very hard to adjust.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

A traditional copper line carries power over the line, so even if the power is out at your house and you pick up the phone, you’ll have a dial tone, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Or maybe both sides are already trying to dial things back.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

Call records revealed that the driver had searched the opening times for Saltcoats police office and had attempted to dial 101.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

I dial the 800 number, enter my PIN, dial Nia.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

Nobody found joy watching the dials turn on their electricity meters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Part of that included disposing of glowing dials, which were made using radium-226.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

What he produced looked like the pistol their PE teacher used to start races on field day, but with dials on the side.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

On Friday, yields climbed across maturities as investors dialed up bets on a near-term rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Traders have since dialed back expectations of a rate hike after U.S. inflation readings came in softer than expected.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

But Jaden and Jenny were staring at me, so I dialed the number and sat there listening to it ring, wishing I could just hang up.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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

"I am very focused, very dialled in," added Dubois as the attention soon turned to the Londoner walking out of two interviews earlier this week after feeling he was being mocked.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

When the support worker arrived at the flat she dialled 999 after seeing that Thea was cold, not making any sounds and looked an "awful colour".

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

I dialled his number and listened to his voice when he picked up, at first soft with sleep, and then louder, wary, worried, exasperated.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

On a recent summer Sunday afternoon, Brooks Hiller was hunkered over his laptop at his apartment in Chicago, dialing in to hour three of a marathon series of conference calls on real-estate deals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

It seems daunting dialing in that depth and breadth within “The Pitt’s” hour-by-hour format.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

“Doing CPR. Everybody was going nuts. Dad started running up to his car phone, dialing 911.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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

Some consider Payton an offensive genius and he gave an example why in Saturday's win over Buffalo, dialling up a play which saw offensive tackle Frank Crum score with his first career reception.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

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