switchboard

Example Sentences

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A 20-minute call to the switchboard led to a report back from the NHS trust's communications manager to Operation Grange, the British investigation into the disappearance.

From BBC

I’m used to being a switchboard of sorts — as a journalist, inevitably, word travels to and through me.

From Los Angeles Times

Not until last week, after angry hometown voters flooded their switchboards, did the party’s congressional leaders scramble to get in front of their base.

From Los Angeles Times

Although the number was bogus, Paul encountered the court's genuine automated switchboard message - which the criminals had duplicated to make the scam more convincing.

From BBC

They show us the torture room used by Assad's forces – including a metal pole to secure prisoners' feet for beating, and a set of wires next to an electrical switchboard.

From BBC