Example Sentences

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There will no doubt be the suggestion that England are phoning this one in, perhaps understandably in the 17th Test of an exhausting year.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

Yet despite this easily-available evidence, Musk wrote in another leaked email that those who work remotely are "phoning it in."

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2022

"People are phoning up and talking about it, but we're not seeing any concerns coming through in our data as yet," she said.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022

“Their instruments are phoning home, which is totally cool,” Greninger says of the BioFire disease-tracking platform, explaining that the broad net it casts could help show where unexpected outbreaks are occurring.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2022

We are phoning now to have the power cut off.

From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various