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Recent Examples of call (up)
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The end of talks will likely pave the way for the Israeli military to push ahead with its plans to take over Gaza City, an operation that was approved last month and requires the call-up of nearly 60,000 Israeli reservists.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Arreola helped Carmel’s freshman team go undefeated and impressed the coaching staff enough to earn a late-season call-up.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Practice squad call-up Corey Ballentine only played on special teams.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The end of talks will likely pave the way for the Israeli military to push ahead with its plans to take over Gaza City, an operation that was approved last month and requires the call-up of nearly 60,000 Israeli reservists.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Arreola helped Carmel’s freshman team go undefeated and impressed the coaching staff enough to earn a late-season call-up.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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The new video shows the moments directly after the crash as more than a dozen drivers and other good Samaritans rush to the wreckage of the helicopter, line up side by side and then lift the aircraft up.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Prescott immediately signaled for Williams to line up in the backfield.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bishnoi used social media to grow his gang, uploading videos and photos of his group’s criminal acts to recruit young people, according to his chargesheet.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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The bank actively recruits from a broad selection of schools worldwide and particularly values candidates with STEM backgrounds, given that Goldman employs over 10,000 engineers.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The filings also contain summonses: For Trump, the Board of Governors at the Fed, Chairman Powell, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The jump in homeless youth represents a rising number of Cincinnati families who face unstable housing situations, said Rico Blackman, director of organizing at the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Church member Greg Mikat was shot three times, according to the GoFundMe his sister has organized, sustaining injuries to his leg and chest and remains hospitalized, after confronting the gunman.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Equestrian Connection, which says it was alerted just hours before the event, managed to quickly enlist two local bands to sub in as the night’s entertainment.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The title subject is a deaf Ukrainian man who wants to enlist in his country’s armed forces in 2022 when Russia launches its full-scale invasion.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump is getting backup from Senate Republicans for his military mobilization off the coast of Venezuela.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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City and state officials have challenged the president's characterizations and claimed the rhetoric was being used to justify a mobilization of troops.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That’s when the Phillies summoned Kerkering, who had warmed up numerous times throughout the game.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The international community must summon the courage to ensure that both communities, Israelis and Palestinians, can live in peace and with security.—
Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Public schools enroll local students regardless of academic or physical ability, race, gender or family income; private schools can selectively admit students.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her interest in music prompted her to enroll in the Berkshire Music School — and to live in a little cabin in the woods — in the summer of 1977.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
8 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 12 Oct. 2025.
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