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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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The conditions go on to state: "If, of course, you feel a child or young person is in serious danger of immediate harm, you should call the emergency police telephone number, 999."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

As a teenager, he interned for Comcast, spending high school and college summers climbing telephone poles and selling cable subscriptions door to door.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"The kids are going to school because they can pay for the school fees. They can pay for medical bills in the hospital and buy medicine," she told AFP in a telephone interview.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Eight million people showed up to see the fair, which featured Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Thomas Edison’s telegraph, a fitting tribute to American innovation.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Just as I’d been working so hard to do since arriving here, it only took a few seconds until I was immersed, completely, in the world of the telephone call.

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

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 12-man company built structures for telephones and electrical equipment alongside train tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

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

Battlefield commanders depended on telephones to gather information and issue orders, yet telephone cables were easily broken during combat.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Authorities have also said police went door-to-door or telephoned residents with instructions on how to shelter or evacuate safely.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

He raced to Berlin to petition the court for clemency, but, when he telephoned the Scholls, he learned that he was too late.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

He also often spent up to twelve hours a day in his third-floor office constantly telephoning various parts of the town, county, state, and nation.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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