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“Knowing where the camera’s going to be is how we’re able to dial that in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

“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

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

“Don’t question me, daughter. Pick up this phone and dial that number. Your father needs to know.”

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

The Reduce’s big brother — the original Speedmaster — was introduced by Omega in 1957 as a racing chronograph, designed with a tachymetre bezel, a face with multiple dials and a stopwatch function.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

They haven’t seen three completed passes in a row since phones came with rotary dials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

On the other side of the room, guys fought over the dials as Cas thought about a lie to tell.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

Corporate investigations and prosecutions that were happening a few years ago “have pretty much been dialed way back,” said Evan T. Barr, a former federal prosecutor now with the law firm Reed Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

Nan dialed, and I crossed my arms, held tight, and listened in.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

When Prince Harry dialled in later on during the episode, Meghan told them: "My husband's here," prompting cheers and shocked faces from contestants and spectators.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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

"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

"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 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

Tractor Supply is dialing up promotions and trimming prices on popular items after concluding consumer belt-tightening won’t abate anytime soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“There is something so therapeutic in physically dialing the number,” Clifton-Hawkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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

Wednesday’s meeting suggests that by dialing back how much the Fed says, Warsh might pull more officials into alignment—if only around a vaguer message.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Dad is standing a few feet away, dialing someone on the phone.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Manchester's Nico O'Reilly has the city's 0161 dialling code tattooed on his arm, while Sunderland-born Jordan Pickford was awarded his own parking space at his local Lidl after his World Cup exploits in 2018.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

A meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing was also held on Tuesday, with many leaders dialling in to Kyiv.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

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

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