calling
Example Sentences
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Student associations responded by calling for a boycott of online classes and urging students to show up on campus anyway.
Barring an out-of-hand emergency, calling a board meeting requires 24 hours’ notice, and the board provided that notice on Wednesday — within hours of the FBI raids.
From Los Angeles Times
A week after Ibrahima's death, about 1,000 people gathered at the scene of the attack, calling for an end to knife crime.
From BBC
This month, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticised French defence spending, calling for Paris to do more to turn calls for European security sovereignty into concrete action.
From Barron's
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for "urgent action" to avert a return to full-scale civil war.
From Barron's
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