long-distance call
Example Sentences
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What time do you make a long-distance call home?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023
In the summer of 1977, two years after that first long-distance call, having negotiated the initial Doze homestead settlement, Paul Barrett finally flew to the Wrangell Mountains to see the family secret for himself.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022
Somebody came up and told me I had a long-distance call at the front desk.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 28, 2020
Phone phreaks could cause this situation to happen by making a long-distance call and then whistling off with 2,600 Hz and continuing to send 2,600 Hz down the line, thus mimicking the idle line condition.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2013
I had never made a long-distance call in my life.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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