roll call

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Recent Examples of roll call Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys. Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 The roll call Wednesday was 215-208, and cheers erupted in the House chamber. Arkansas Online, 3 June 2026 Trump asked for their support in a roll call, going one by one through Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, and Pakistan. Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 Royal and Presidential Suites have separate living rooms, more palatial decor, and past guest lists that read like a United Nations roll call. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for roll call
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Noun
  • The list published by Fars included Qatar’s main port, Hamad; and the King Fahd Industrial Port (KFIP) at Yanbu on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, which has become a logistics hub for the US military.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The full list of parks is available on the Sacramento County website.
    Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Young is being held in the Wyandotte County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • An Anthropic listing would build on momentum from June’s massive SpaceX IPO and further open the public markets to companies at the center of the AI boom.
    Hugh Son,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 15 July 2026

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“Roll call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20call. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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