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There was a wonky wireless phone charger, but a USB-C outlet would have been more useful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

For a three-day trip to Taiyuan this spring, a Chinese college student named Yanli Wang wanted something better than her phone for photos.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Some of Ullom’s richest themes need only a casual mention, like Fisher muttering that he has fewer photos of his family on his phone than stupid memes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Back in February 2024, Wolff followed up his phone call to Marco with a meeting in Milan.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Dad’s barrage of texts started within a day of me having my phone back, but he doesn’t mention Mav, not even once.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The UK Payments Market report, released once a year, shows that debit cards - included those loaded onto phones - were the predominant way to pay last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Carriers reasoned that most passengers brought their own phones and tablets anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Here in Brazil they allow mobile phones in prisons. This Discord case is a big joke," one user posting as Stupid Luh wrote.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

This one is focused on how lonely many of us are despite being constantly connected with everyone in our lives through our phones, and proposes a way to change it.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Hundreds of phones appear, and the air fills with the whirring and snapping of pictures.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Salonen was on the jury of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition that Dudamel won and phoned Borda from Bamberg, famously describing the boyish Dudamel as “a conducting animal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The vote proved too close to call on Tuesday evening, but by Wednesday morning, El-Sayed had claimed the win, and Stevens had phoned him to concede.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

When Mr. Baker phoned, no one picked up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

He phoned into CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning to share his memories of Graham.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

But it was probably the fact that motel management phoned the police that led to our being called on the carpet in the chapel the next morning before the ceremony.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

At a pivotal point in “The Christophers,” Lori explains how she can see that Julian was phoning it in during his later series of the titular paintings.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

"It's hard to navigate and it's hard to understand why they're phoning England when they should be phoning here and they get treatment here."

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

When he wasn’t there, we were phoning every day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

Anne said: "He mentioned phoning reception, trying to get a number for me, trying to get put through, which was obviously unsuccessful."

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

“Yes...Has your mother...is she...does she know you’re phoning me?”

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman