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“We’ve known for weeks they were coming, they even said they knew where the police were located,” he said in a telephone interview from the airport as he was returning to Haiti from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

He would also be allowed to meet with his family once a week and speak to his sons via telephone twice weekly, the court order stated.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

In addition to serving more than 5 million homes, they also provide telephone service to 1.5 million subscribers in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

When you first step into South Hall, to your immediate right is “the bubble”—a barred enclosure fitted with chairs, a desk, a telephone, and a microwave.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

What with the telephone and the Rural Free Delivery, there wasn’t much place to hide anymore.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 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

It seemed that wherever I went, telephones were ringing.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

She telephoned famous anthropologist Louis Leakey out of the blue just hoping for some advice.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

At some point in the ’70s or ’80s, Kauffman said, his brother telephoned him for a brief chat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

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

Dan Dalgard did not visit the monkey house the next day, but he telephoned Bill Volt, the manager, to find out how things were going.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

The Department for the Economy's careers service is also operating an online advice service or by telephoning 0300 200 7820.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

One of them, a tax attorney named Gordon, was coaxed onto stage for the purpose of publicly telephoning his wife.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

The brothers raced up to their high-rise office and tried telephoning her.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

I thought about telephoning her and calling it off, making some excuse.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey