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Recent Examples of cold call
Cicely Jones, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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
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Noun
Charity and Disaster Fraud: following a high-profile disaster, scammers can set up fake charities and encourage people to donate through emails, social media, crowdfunding, and cold calls.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
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According to federal prosecutors, Arthur Ray Hanson II, 63, of Huntsville, Alabama, left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Reynolds did not return multiple voicemail messages from the Statesman requesting an interview.Ella McCarthy, Austin American-Statesman, 10 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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Like other restaurant chains, Burger King saw consumer spending weaken over the summer, Kobza said during the company’s earnings conference call.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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The issue was revisited in early October during a conference call between a social worker, members of the VA’s Homeless Patient Aligned Care Teams and representatives of the VASH program.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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But with the election behind them, Biden phoned Trump last week to congratulate him on his win and invite him to Washington – a courtesy that Trump refused to extend to him after Biden defeated him in 2020.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Outside of the marquee awards shows, many male actors are inclined to phone it in, sartorially speaking.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
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As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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So, as a bit of free advice to all the awards strategists out there, here’s how the top-15 Best Picture hopefuls can craft a winning message out of a demoralizing defeat.Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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What impressed me the most, though, was the shampoo's ability to dial down my typically itchy scalp—and free my shoulders of the telltale dandruff dust.Allure Editors, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
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On second down, Kyle Shanahan dialed up a great play-action pass to Deebo Samuel over the middle.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
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The filmmakers were impressed with the callbacks to the film, and how certain elements were incorporated into the series.Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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And similar to how Agatha All Along’s send-up of Mare of Easttown was a callback to WandaVision’s sitcom spoofs, the Witches’ Road felt like the show’s biggest way of emphasizing the power of practical effects.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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