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Recent Examples of call (up)
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere there is a first senior call-up for Brighton’s Maisie Symonds.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Fifteen years ago, aged 17, Dowell was a promising full-back in the Worthing under-18s and pushing for a first-team call-up.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Semmel, 23, is on the Angels' lineup card Tuesday as a minor-league call-up for their Cactus League game against the Cincinnati Reds.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Gasper went 0 for 18 with the Red Sox following his call-up last fall but made the Twins big league roster out of spring training.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere there is a first senior call-up for Brighton’s Maisie Symonds.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Fifteen years ago, aged 17, Dowell was a promising full-back in the Worthing under-18s and pushing for a first-team call-up.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Semmel, 23, is on the Angels' lineup card Tuesday as a minor-league call-up for their Cactus League game against the Cincinnati Reds.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
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Fellow dictatorships including Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran lined up behind Maduro while Gonzalez fled the country during the reign of state terror against dissidents that followed the election.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Apr. 2025
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The next day, on Holy Saturday, families lined up for meals around the church block.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Hailing from San Jose, California, she’s risen through the soccer ranks: She was recruited by Stanford University and four years later drafted number one in the 2022 NWSL Draft.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Coach Brandon Hopkins called her one of the best pitchers in the nation and expects her to be recruited by top division one programs.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The 47-year-old driver was issued several summonses including possessing an open alcohol in a motor vehicle and DWI, according to officials.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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She was given two pink-colored summonses by the New York Police Department — one for obstructing pedestrian traffic and the other for failure to disperse — before being released.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The camerlengo, a cardinal in the Catholic Church, is in charge of organizing the election in a process known as the conclave, which was recently dramatized in the Oscar-winning film Conclave.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In recent months, ICE has concentrated on apprehending people far above the U.S.-Mexico border; used military planes as a tool of deportation; outsourced detention to third parties, including private prisons and sovereign nations like El Salvador; and enlisted wartime law to bypass due process.—
Benjamin Waddell,
Denver Post,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Cure have enlisted Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, and many more for a new remix album based on their celebrated 2024 record, Songs of a Lost World.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2025
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At a minimum, the United States and its partners would need to procure sufficient stocks in advance to stay in the fight long enough for a much more drastic, full-scale mobilization to be set in motion.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Statistics like that—and Target’s retreat from DEI—have spurred leaders like Dr. Wes Bellamy, former vice mayor of Charlottesville, to renew efforts around voter mobilization and Black entrepreneurship.—
Richard Fowler,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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All cardinals in Rome were summoned to a meeting Tuesday before a new pope is elected.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The phrase, summoning a kind of papal succession, alerted the political faithful that Sheinbaum had been chosen to succeed López Obrador as the head of his party, the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Other parent insights Clifford Davis Elementary’s poor academic performance has prompted some parents to enroll their children elsewhere, or consider doing so.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Eighty students are expected to enroll in the school and the courses last one year.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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