calling
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Yet Mr. Amodei is calling for regulation and “embedded evaluators who have employee-like access to verify safety practices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye agrees, calling the self-evident desperation “excruciating”:
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
All three officials sent letters to the county in May, calling for more scrutiny of the quarry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Fury's claim the bout could be off follows his post on social media earlier this month suggesting that Joshua, 36, was backing out of the fight, before calling for a third match-up with Oleksandr Usyk.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“That person didn’t leave his or her or their name, and they could have been calling from anywhere; they could have been calling from Los Angeles.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Both futures speak to him as true callings, both as worthy directions for his soul’s devotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“In this life trying to label us and move us toward what is hegemonic, we have to return to those first callings from when we were little,” says Avilés.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
He is generous with details and evocative descriptions of his many callings.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Working long hours in my callings was part of the appeal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
“No. We don’t get callings because we live so far. How about you? Do you play in the praise band at your new church?”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
