calling for

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Eshghi has been calling for sentencing guidelines to be changed so survivors of historical abuse are not denied justice, as she says she has been.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for crisis management, visited the provincial capital, Bunia, calling for humanitarian and health workers in the region to be guaranteed access to people in need.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The authors are calling for a coordinated One Health strategy that brings together human health, environmental science, and water management.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

In 1765, Revere had joined an organization that would become the Sons of Liberty, a radical group calling for protest against taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Someone in an engine-boat was trying to maneuver it towards an upstairs window, where a gray-haired woman in a nightdress was calling for help, her terrier dæmon barking madly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman