telephone

Western Electric’s clear-cased Model 302 telephone enticed gawkers with an impressively complex system of wires and mechanisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sepahvand was in contact with two men with Iranian telephone numbers.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I’m so proud, so proud with what we achieved last Sunday,” Ms. Machado told me by telephone from Caracas days after that election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s just a telephone call, I try to tell myself.

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

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

The intention was that they would go to work in hospitals to support acutely ill patients but some were sent to do administration, to deliver parcels and to answer telephones, the inquiry heard.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

By one count, there were 88,000 telephones in service in the Financial District in 1920.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025

Surrounding a small framed photograph of his wife and his two beastly sons were three telephones with flashing lights.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Shortly after Andy Burnham telephoned a number of Keir Starmer's allies to sack them from the cabinet on Monday afternoon, John Healey received the signal to head to Number 10.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

It was late morning, and I was waiting for Reverend Tantsi to arrive from Pretoria, when he telephoned me at the office.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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 offering advice online or by telephoning 0300 200 7820.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

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

She refused to tell him Wednesday’s room number, and insisted on telephoning Wednesday on the house phone to let him know his guest was here.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman