calling

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Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, says the team’s catchers “probably took a lot of flak from their peers” because they weren’t calling pitches anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Delia is now calling for separate waiting areas to be created in the hospital, with one specifically for cancer patients.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Others have said that Miami’s catchers will be ill-equipped to play for other teams in the future, as they will have no experience calling pitchers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In July 1846, two months after the U.S. invaded Mexico, the tax collector came calling for six years’ back taxes.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

I started dreaming that I heard someone calling my name.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls