call (off or out)

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Verb
  • Brian Wilson was back, as the promotional campaign around 15 Big Ones excitedly proclaimed, and that meant the rockin’ good times were here to stay.
    Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The fences around the tombstones and the tombstones themselves were all of a piece, yet each one also proclaimed its difference from the other.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Traditionally, people give out red envelopes with money and light fireworks after dinner.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The cards have been available since Feb 2 and will be given out until Feb 27 while supplies last.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Unlike their peers in other major leagues, NBA players can invest in sports gambling companies and advertise for them, a right negotiated in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But success in those areas can be set up by results within the season and the product that the current team advertises to prospective players.
    Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Last week, Kodak posted a 10-minute video that between YouTube and TikTok has racked up around 1 million views, in which Coogler makes complex topics like aspect ratios, film formats and sound design accessible and fun.
    Quincy Bowie, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In an Instagram video posted Monday by NBC, the Grammy winner hypes American women figure skaters competing at the games in Italy.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Family members of the shooting victims cried as the sentence was handed down.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Néfissa cries loudly and with anguish about her son, but refuses to acknowledge his truth.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In 2009, after studying a mother and a daughter who were both short sleepers, Fu published a paper about a variation in a gene called DEC2, which influences the production of orexin, a hormone associated with wakefulness.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This week, three Canadian airlines canceled flights to Cuba after the island’s government announced there would be no jet fuel for planes seeking to refuel at Cuban airports.
    Andrea Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Reds, Lowe reach deal The Cincinnati Reds signed veteran first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to a minor league contract with an invite to major league camp in spring training, the team announced Saturday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Not only is the white barked tree beautiful, but the sound of the wind rushing through the leaves embodies peace.
    Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Punches were thrown from both teams after the goal, and the coaches from both benches barked at each other.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Call (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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