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Recent Examples of call (up)
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Upon his initial call-up from NXT, he was renamed Butch and joined the Brawling Brutes faction with Sheamus and Ridge Holland before eventually reverting to his original name.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Upon his initial call-up from NXT, he was renamed Butch and joined the Brawling Brutes faction with Sheamus and Ridge Holland before eventually reverting to his original name.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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One fun quirk the Wolf Pack have leaned into is having its original starting QB, Chubba Purdy, line up as a tight end.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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Teslas line up waiting for security to clear the situation, but if resolution is taking too long, drivers are also trained to reverse their cars through entire tunnel and back to a station.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Herodotus recruits evidence from passages in the Iliad and the Odyssey to show that Homer himself knew at least fragments of this tale yet opted to tell another, better yarn.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Even human intelligence will follow, as visual reconnaissance teams view what is happening in other settlements or try to recruit sources who live and work there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Divide household items by category, organize them into appropriately sized containers, add labels, and stack them onto shelves in a closet or cabinet that is easily reachable.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
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This larger toiletry bag sports roomy, elastic mesh pockets that can help keep all your original pill bottles secure and organized for travel days.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Machinga continued, saying the hunter returned to the village and asked the chief to enlist the help of others.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Christophers sees the estranged relatives (Gunning, Corden) of a famous artist (McKellen) enlist the help of a struggling artist (Coel) to steal and complete the artist’s unfinished works.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That old story survived the reevaluation of war that took place during the Enlightenment; the transformation of the modern battlefield by mass mobilization and factory-scale killing in the twentieth century; and now, the separation between killer and target facilitated by technology.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The probe is lowered manually or through a simple hydraulic release mechanism, allowing for rapid mobilization and minimal interference with ongoing operations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wes Ostgaard, the hiker who summoned rescuers after finding Ortiz's body, told USA TODAY that the extreme conditions on the mountain that day could have tripped up even the most experienced climbers.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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For five years, Ave and the other children trapped there — three of them aged six and under — were brutally pimped by their trafficker until a neighbor summoned the cops.—
Natalia Paradies,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In addition to sole custody, Bernad requested Sia to submit to regular drug testing, enroll and participate in co-parenting classes for six months and have monitored visitation three times per week for two hours.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The number of Chinese students enrolled at US universities has fallen by more than 25% from its peak in the 2019-2020 school year, and reversing that trend will take more than just scrapping an export control backlist.—
Gina Chon,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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