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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Trump frequently visits his Mar-a-Lago estate and was there as recently as Monday morning.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026 -
No one ever visits Owens Lake; though you’re surrounded by concrete berms and metal piping, the setting is remote and still.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Tam Do, from Urban Promise, has partnered with the Sixers Youth Foundation and sees the positivity first-hand.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Murkowski sees the case -- a challenge by the Republican National Committee and others to Mississippi's allowance of late-arriving ballots -- as an effort to end voting by mail nationwide.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 2026.
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