How to Use call upon in a Sentence

call upon

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• Among those who the center, lovingly known as the Greek Freak, called upon to be okay with it all?
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
• The team had already called upon outfielder Kahlil Watson from Columbus on June 17.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• The government also moved up dates of end-of-year school exams to free classrooms for voting stations and teachers, who are usually called upon to staff polling stations in exchange for a daily allowance.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• During the filming of Mission Impossible, the actor called upon Oakley to make his custom eyewear.
  — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2026
• So is the coordination with law enforcement agencies, including the multiple jurisdictions called upon to escort teams to and from training or matches or to the airport.
  — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
• After scoring a run in the fourth when Willy Adames grounded into a double play with a runner on third, San Francisco called upon a double steal with runners at the corners to swipe its third run.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
• But the agency later called upon the Justice Department’s independent watchdog to conduct its own investigation.
  — ABC News, 29 June 2026
• For their extravagant Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden, the couple called upon the talents of Stevie Nicks.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
• In short, representatives from NATO’s member countries will be called upon to address current challenges facing defense spending, defense innovation, and national security.
  — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• Finance is an area increasingly focused on AI, while CFOs, who determine enterprise AI tech spending, are also being called upon to help deliver AI value in their organizations.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 July 2026
• Finance is increasingly focused on AI, while CFOs, who determine enterprise AI tech spending, are also being called upon to help deliver AI value in their organizations.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 July 2026
• The country’s bitter local rivals, South Korea, can call upon players who are on the books at some of the world’s biggest clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain (Lee Kang-in) and Bayern Munich (Kim Min-jae), an option Japan currently doesn’t have.
  — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026