calls (on or upon)

present tense third-person singular of call (on or upon)
as in visits
to make a social call upon lots of well-wishers called on the new parents in the weeks following the birth of their first child

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Verb
  • Saturday will be the first time the UConn football program ever visits Oxford, Ohio, and the Miami RedHawks.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, La Roja visits Wembley to take on England in a repeat of the Euro 2024 final, which Spain won 2-1.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
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“Calls (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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