Example Sentences

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It had been an hour since Sanchez and a Venice Family Clinic worker had dialed up a Los Angeles County agency for help.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

After EMTs arrived, Thompson told them they must have the wrong address; no one in the apartment, he said, had dialed 911.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2022

Police received a call hours later from someone with a similar voice who said he had dialed accidentally.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2020

The police got a call a couple hours later from someone with a similar voice who said he had dialed accidentally and apologized.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2020

He had dialed out the combination many times; he relied on it greatly.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick