roll call

Example Sentences

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The effect is as interesting as reading a grade-school roll call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Eastern on Wednesday, and a roll call could be tight.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

UCLA’s home arena wasn’t as rowdy as normal, the pregame roll call abandoned with students only starting to trickle back to campus after a recent evacuation in the wake of the Southern California wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

In September this year at the United Nations in New York, President Biden led a global roll call of leaders urging restraint between Israel and Hezbollah.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

The sound of footsteps on the floor above woke us, and we knew it was time to come out for roll call.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz