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How to use the word call-up in a Sentence?

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They didn’t do their job. I believed the crowd was going to be bigger — just my instinct — and they had the chance to call up the National Guard three days before Jan. 6, and if they did, Jan. 6 would have been a very different day, but they didn’t do it.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I understand how you're worrying for your beloved ones... I emphasize that conscript soldiers are not participating in hostilities and will not participate in them, and there will be no additional call-up of reservists.

Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It just means that I now accept the new reality of my life. I'm Sherry Cormier, I live alone. I don't have siblings to call up anymore. I don't have parents to call up anymore.

Sherry Cormier

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t think two is enough, and I think 15 is too much because some teams will call up all 15 and some teams will call up four or five. You’re either outmanned, or you’ll outman them, we’ve gone from one drastic measure to another one.

Dusty Baker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At some point, does n’t the White House get involved ? they said technically there was material support when Chuck Grassley was 9 years old. I ca n’t imagine that somebody at the White House does n’t call up the Department of Homeland Security and say, ‘ Honestly ? Stop it. You have the power to stop it. ’.

Dana Perino

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Aymeric Laporte call-up has nothing to do with Ramos not being able to play, we considered Aymeric Laporte since it became possible for Aymeric Laporte to be with us. Aymeric Laporte is a top player who can help us, with a lot of international experience with Aymeric Laporte club.

Luis Enrique

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I can't recall if Page Six was him or someone in Trump Organization, donald Trump spoke to me a lot off the record, or a source close to Donald Trump. It could have been Donald Trump. Donald Trump would call up for scoops, things that would benefited Donald Trump.

Bill Hoffman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I'm going to have to call up more military. Our military, don't forget, can't act like they would normally act because if they got a little rough, everybody would go crazy.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If I call up my tax software company, it's most likely on the state side.

John Warren

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If someone comes up to me and gives me their troubles, I’m not going to call up Mary-Sue and say so and so needs your help. I go to pray and then I sit back and I watch what God does.

Rebecca Jones

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If you call up a CEO and say,' I play for the Atlanta Falcons, and I'd love to buy you lunch and learn about your business' - you don't think that would go a long way ?

Ed Butowsky

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When they leave here ... we might not see them for a while. It's like seeing a 3-year-old kid, and then not seeing them until he's 12, we hear the drivers call up and say one of our babies went out. If they say 'Boy, they're doing great,' then that's huge.

John Soto

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I would call up and they would say, 'We're under control, we have plenty of cash,'.

Richard Berse

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When you as a consumer, when you find it convenient for you, you call up the delivery using your smartphone. And then the robot gets loaded with your parcel in our hub and it drives to your doorstep. And that takes about 20 minutes. So instead of having a delivery window of half a day or something that you're getting your delivery sometime during today; you can pick a delivery window that is like ten minutes.

Ahti Heinla

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Do a lot of fun activities during the holidays, allow yourself to have the heart and mind of a child, and really let loose. Engage in activities like going through old scrapbooks, which helps call up fond memories. Sing and dance like no one is watching. This will lift your mood.

Shaelyn Pham

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When you call up at the last minute and cancel a show, ladies and gentlemen that's starting to smell. This is not the John McCain I know, this is not the way a tested hero behaves.

David Letterman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Complete the blog and get a mini-chocolate, call up all customers who would like additional IT services and buy coffee from Dunkin Donuts. Reach my daily sales goal and eat a protein bar. The key for me is to stick to these incentives. If I don't accomplish a goal, well, I don't get the reward.

Joe Silverman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.

Marlene Dietrich

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Its the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.

Marlene Dietrich

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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