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Recent Examples of phoneFor example, my wife is unwilling to phone the vet, carpet cleaning service or insurance agency.—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 Leah phoned her mother, who then asked the trip organizer to bring her daughter home.—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 At this point in their career, the Followills are comfortable with their status as headliners, but that doesn’t mean the guys phone it in.—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025 Still, today’s announcement felt especially phoned in, as if the organizers threw darts at SNL musical guests and hoped for the best.—Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for phone
After getting to the ring to call for an opponent, fans received a surprise.
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Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
While reflecting on her first performance, Furtado remembered buying the pink dress from a store called Original on Queen West in Toronto, and also picking up some sparkly platform shoes for the monumental moment.
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