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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Noun
LinkedIn has turned into cold call central and people have their guard up, rightfully so.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
That struggle led the team to cold-call shelters around the nation.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Noun
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In addition, prosecutors say Doyle left three threatening voicemails sent across state lines that targeted the officer and the officer’s family, knowing the messages would be perceived as threats.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The 41-year-old royal is among seven high-profile figures in the U.K., including Elton John, David Furness, and Elizabeth Hurley, who accuse Associated Newspapers of illegally gathering private information through methods such as voicemail interception and phone tapping.—
Vivian Kwarm,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At around lunchtime, the editor of the East African Standard telephoned the princess's secretary, Martin Charteris at the Outspan Hotel, which serves as a base for visiting Treetops, to ask if reports of King George VI's death were true.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Trump, who plans to visit Beijing next year for trade talks, telephoned Takaichi last month, urging her not to escalate the dispute, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In a conference call with analysts after the earnings were released, Plank acknowledged that while there’s still work to be done, the company is moving in the right direction.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Speaking to investors during their post-earnings conference call on Thursday, the team said a large part of that spending will go toward Amazon Web Services infrastructure, AI capabilities, and custom chips to meet rising cloud demand.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Heller recalls being phoned by Smith about three years ago to praise the novel and secure permission to adapt it.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Charteris then phoned Sagana, where Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip had already returned.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But Bad Bunny put a lot of vendors [in his performance], and that sent a big message that vendors are not criminals.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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While Streeting was on-message with the rest of the Cabinet in supporting Starmer after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for the prime minister to resign, the secretary reportedly spoke with Sarwar in the days leading up to the call for Starmer to resign.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As far as playing together, we're pretty dialed in.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Aggies dial up a 4-Strong Sail to the Jamarion Morrow, who finds the end zone from 22 yards out.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Training and case management through FRAP is supposed to help attorneys deal with what Clegg calls a difficult area of law.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy Basham was called for a foul on the play and Masogayo sank the and-1 for the win.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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San Diego’s Riot Productions presents Sarah Alida LeClair’s one-act play about two actors and ex-lovers who end up trapped together in an uncomfortably romantic callback audition that never ends.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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The fate of the world is never in question, but a callback for a second audition means everything.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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