Example Sentences

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Strategist at Ned Davis Research, pointed out in a note to clients on Wednesday that consensus estimates were calling for a 31.8% increase in profit for the S&P 500 in 2026.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Videos of these endeavors appeared online, and soon other people were calling Manzo a superhero, too.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

At the weekend, the BBC first revealed that some US lawmakers were calling for Ferguson to give evidence concerning her links to Epstein.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He joined a crowd of protesters who were calling for freedom, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

In her gentlest but firmest way, she gathered up the surviving demons and set them in work crews to clearing the mounds from which people were calling.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep