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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Starting with cold calls to sell diamonds, Moshe soon found his true calling in luxury watches.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
Michael Kupka also received a cold call from a local moving company, Call My Mover.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
His Toby Oxman may lack self-awareness, but there’s a wealth of understanding in the performance, which begins with a symphony of exquisite awkwardness: a cold call Toby makes to an old classmate, blathering candidly over the phone about his own failures.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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His appearance comes thanks to a cold call from a producer on the film.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Starting with cold calls to sell diamonds, Moshe soon found his true calling in luxury watches.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
Michael Kupka also received a cold call from a local moving company, Call My Mover.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
His Toby Oxman may lack self-awareness, but there’s a wealth of understanding in the performance, which begins with a symphony of exquisite awkwardness: a cold call Toby makes to an old classmate, blathering candidly over the phone about his own failures.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
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In February, New Hampshire residents received voicemails from an audio deepfake of Joe Biden, in which the President appeared to discourage them from voting.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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An Alabama man was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly two years in federal prison after leaving threatening voicemails for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her investigation concerning former President Donald Trump.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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Gale Kiplinger recalled his big brother telephoning him close to midnight, saying Dewy would lose.Rob Wells / Made by History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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The company is expected to report its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday and could share more details with investors about the situation on the conference call.Annika Kim Constantino,Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Israeli security cabinet approved the strike in Iran in a secure conference call on Friday night, an Israeli official said.Barak Ravid, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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Vice President and California native Kamala Harris posted a clip on social media today of her and husband Doug Emhoff phoning Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to congratulate him on the team’s World Series victory.Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Decades ago, pollsters would phone people, and those people would answer the phone.Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The supermodel and late singer also exchanged flirty messages on Instagram at the time of the dating rumors.Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The other camp counters that persuadable voters didn’t heed Biden’s warnings due to the messenger, not the message.David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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The landmark decision dialed back a years-long fight against inflation and offered relief for borrowers saddled with high costs.Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Over the last two weeks, however, that temperature has been dialed back.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Those in need of shelter from the cold can call 211 to check availability of beds.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
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Their children’s schoolmates call the sisters the Puffling Queens.Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
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In the first episode, there are a lot of little callbacks to the original.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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The modern tendency to use callbacks in place of original storytelling is a blight—what should be fun little references used sparingly have become ugly crutches used to excite impressionable social media users.Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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