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
  • Grand Theft Alvarado has been as good as advertised since his arrival in the Big Apple.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Prosecutors showed her Facebook post advertising the event, which featured an aerial map of the property that labeled the area where protestors could legally gather.
    Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 3 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
  • In another video, Johnson picked up a second infant and held a cloth to the baby’s mouth and nose for several seconds while the child was crying.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Though both of them tear up, neither of them openly cries.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Only 1 in 4 Americans approve of the strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey published on March 2.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Her first tome in the series came out in 2015 and the most recent was published in 2021.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 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
  • So how did Council possibly talk Self into barking after the Jayhawks improved to 22-9 overall and 12-6 in Big 12 play?
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Four players were booked, a Charlotte FC goal was controversially disallowed and Estévez spent a solid portion of his evening barking at the fourth official.
    David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 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 11 Mar. 2026.

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