Example Sentences
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Nobody found joy watching the dials turn on their electricity meters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Customers outside Iran call his Turkish phone on WhatsApp and he then dials their loved ones on his Iranian mobile.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
It also immediately dials up pressure on the White House from consumers and businesses who are seeking payback.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
A sound guy turns a couple of dials, then gives a thumbs-up.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
