phone
noun
Example Sentences
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Ortiz said she phoned Lisinski Law for help to fight the removal proceedings, which the firm declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
"They phoned the airbase police, who didn't answer the phone. It just rang out so she dialled 999," he told the BBC.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Goldsmith said he phoned the French company’s leadership to make sure they didn’t feel blindsided, and pitched the idea of swapping their majority stake in Warp Drive for some of RevMed’s equity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Chalong then left the scene, and phoned a startled journalist he knew who was in the middle of a live broadcast on YouTube, to tell her what had happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Still unaware of what caused the noise, Wilson and Penzias phoned Dicke at Princeton and described their problem to him in the hope that he might suggest a solution.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
