telephone
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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
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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
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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
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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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