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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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She added that she found the form long and difficult to fill in and the telephone call as "really cold".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

In the “Godfather” saga, the Cuban dictator got a golden telephone from his visitors but was soon out of power.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

One of that film’s memorable scenes featured Kirby in a tense trivia telephone showdown with the Ghostface killer, rushing through the titles of several slasher films while attempting to save one of her friends.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Sanz said a telephone line had been set up to "allow us to immediately deal with these anxiety crises, this nervousness among the public".

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

I’m already more than halfway to my destination and now I can see where I’m headed: an empty lot, a telephone pole, a loose wire.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

So far, the French platform has not monetised carpooling in India, where people pay each other directly, often using the popular digital UPI mobile telephones payment systems.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

You may think you are a book publisher or a soap maker or a dealer in vintage telephones.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Pakistan has so far walked the tightrope between Iran and the US, passing messages between the two sides, hosting foreign ministers from other concerned Muslim nations and hitting the diplomatic telephones.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

The U.S. government broke up AT&T in 1982 because a company owning phone lines and telephones was anticompetitive.

From MarketWatch Nov. 19, 2025

Violet said, but just as she said it, one of the telephones rang, in a loud, unpleasant wail.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

The players who were not selected were telephoned by Tuchel and told the news, beginning late on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Sheinbaum, who is opposed to unilateral military action on Mexican soil, quickly telephoned Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

According to testimony from a former agriculture official, Menendez telephoned one day to order him to stand down in his efforts to oppose the monopoly.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2024

"I just telephoned Ashley Judd, the first actress to come forward with allegations against Mr. Weinstein, and shared the news from the court," Kantor wrote in the update.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2024

I am looking for one person who has telephoned me with alarming calls, but that means thirty-three have not.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

She then spent a further period of time telephoning the A&E department but again could not get through, despite Frost being "significantly unwell".

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

In her book, Harris recounts the hours after Biden’s sudden withdrawal, when she began telephoning top Democrats around the country to lock in their support.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2025

Haney works as a contact tracer for Loudoun, telephoning people who, typically unwittingly, were recently near a person whose test results for the virus came back positive.

From Washington Post Jul. 30, 2021

In November, a day before her 97th birthday, Ruth fell in her apartment and hit her head, telephoning Judy from the floor when she could not get up.

From New York Times Jan. 1, 2021

That much he had learned by telephoning the Reverend Mr. Post, who further discouraged him by declining to reveal his former clerk’s exact destination.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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