call (off or out)

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Verb
  • Wherever Lafayette traveled, parades and speeches proclaimed the United States the world’s beacon of liberty.
    Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And while the exact statistics are impossible to determine, several current ghostwriting websites proclaim that over 50% of the books currently on the NY Times non-fiction bestseller list have been ghostwritten, though many agents and ghostwriters assure me that figure is too low.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Thursday, though, people all over the building were wearing the Gilbert Arenas-era gold-and-black throwbacks the team gave out in a promotion.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • One category — whether the township gave out poor relief to residents in 2023 and 2024 — is weighted more heavily than others.
    Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Steyer is in the low teens in both polls, up from 4% in Emerson’s December survey; Mahan, who entered the race in late January and whose campaign has not yet begun to advertise, sits at 3%.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Thaircamper launched its inflatable RV last year and has been ramping up its trade show schedule this year in an effort to advertise and sell it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Since the beginning of the year, nearly 100 GOP members of Congress have posted about Islam or Muslims, and almost all of those posts have been negative, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • They were both released after the meeting ended, when fellow protesters showed up at the jail and raised money to post their bail.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Someone was squealing and crying at the same time, as if caught in a trap.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And then the entire crew would start to cry.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Governments get involved Despite official warnings published by China's state media about OpenClaw's security risks, several local governments have proposed incentives in the past week to encourage companies to develop applications using the AI tool.
    Evelyn Cheng,Dylan Butts, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The documents are being published in batches after review by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.
    JILL LAWLESS AND BRIAN MELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Attendance was announced at 19,122, the largest on Big ’Cap day since 2019.
    Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Sedena Anti-theft Crossbody Bag This is the kind of bag that blends into a city outfit rather than announcing itself as travel gear.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The journal indicates that Niko, Mann’s large, unruly poodle, barked as the intrepid teen-agers approached the front door.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Kansas coach Bill Self barked orders from the sideline inside T-Mobile Center, the tide was starting to turn.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.

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