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While Whitley spoke over the phone about his fall, TJ asked for a concrete mixer and an excavator for his birthday.
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Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, Indonesia’s government confirmed the deal, saying President Prabowo Subianto had negotiated it directly with Trump over the phone.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
In his mother’s absence, guided only by her instructions over the phone and years of quietly observing her in the kitchen, Safi began to experiment.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
Throughout his detention, which lasted more than a hundred days, Khalil wrote op-eds in his prison notebook, then dictated them over the phone.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, Indonesia’s government confirmed the deal, saying President Prabowo Subianto had negotiated it directly with Trump over the phone.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
In his mother’s absence, guided only by her instructions over the phone and years of quietly observing her in the kitchen, Safi began to experiment.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
Throughout his detention, which lasted more than a hundred days, Khalil wrote op-eds in his prison notebook, then dictated them over the phone.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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“Over the phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20phone. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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