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Recent Examples of call (up)
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
In May 2023, Quiñones rejected a call-up to the national team, however, and began playing for Mexico later that year.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Brady earned his first senior team call-up last year, then made his debut in May in the second half against Senegal.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Paños has also made 54 appearances for Spain’s national team, and was a two-time Women’s World Cup call-up (2015 and 2019).
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Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Noun
Yet neither performance earned him a call-up to a senior national team that was deep at forward.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
In May 2023, Quiñones rejected a call-up to the national team, however, and began playing for Mexico later that year.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Brady earned his first senior team call-up last year, then made his debut in May in the second half against Senegal.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Paños has also made 54 appearances for Spain’s national team, and was a two-time Women’s World Cup call-up (2015 and 2019).
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Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
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Go where incentives already line up Instead of starting by attacking incumbents’ profit centers, successful disruptors look for segments where someone already benefits financially from lower costs and better outcomes.
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Sadly, travel plans didn’t line up.
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Then how come others keep recruiting them?
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However, some remained in the jungle and recruited more fighters to form a new generation of rebel groups.
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Police said 10 people in the area around the parade were arrested and three others were issued summonses, on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to felony assault.
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Out of that number, 41 received criminal court summonses and were let go, while 15 were criminally charged and sent to court.
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Let your mind wander and organize itself naturally during the Virgo moon.
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Talent agencies are organizing around the same principle.
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Thick hair can master this shag haircut by stylist Sal Salcedo like no other—just enlist the help of some layering and bang action.
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The 45-year-old Tillman is the youngest brother of Pat Tillman, the Bay Area native who ended his football career with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the Army with his other brother Kevin and become Rangers.
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Fear becomes mobilization, and mobilization becomes demands for exclusion, detention, deportation or harsher border enforcement.
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On the left, labor unions and indigenous organizations increasingly believe aggressive street mobilization works.
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At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
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That's right, I've been summoned to the Mothership.
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Students who enrolled in bachelor’s programs at 27 Texas colleges earned more over time than non-students, the study found.
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Aracely is an engineering student in San Diego, but she had been enrolled in school in Los Angeles until both her parents made the decision to self-deport.
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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