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"text": "The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.",
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"ref": "1909 October 14, Edward Kimball Hall, speech, in The Inauguration of Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., LL.D., as president of Dartmouth College, The Rumford Press, page 88",
"text": "The alma mater had again called on her sons in her hour of need and again they had responded."
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"ref": "1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 315",
"text": "Because of the drastic reduction in the use of petrol and tyres the railway is now called on to effect practically all the island's transport, with the exception of a small amount handled by one coastwise steamer.",
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"ref": "1974, Bruce Thordarson, Lester Pearson: Diplomat and Politician, Oxford University Press, page 120",
"text": "President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba to prevent delivery of the missiles and called on his allies for support.",
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"ref": "2002, Bruno Coppieters, “Legitimate Authority”, chapter 2 of Bruno Coppieters and Nick Fotion (editors), Moral Constraints on War: Principles and Cases, Lexington Books, page 46",
"text": "De Gaulle called on the military to break with their hierarchical superiors and on the other French citizens to distance themselves from their government."
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"(also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task."
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"ref": "2007, Barbara Seranella, Deadman's Switch, Thomas Dunne Books, pages 33–4",
"text": "“Mr. Rayney, Mr. Rayney,” the reporters clamored, and hands shot up. ¶ Charlotte called on the reporter from the L.A. Times, promising herself that she would lead with the OC Register reporter next time.",
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"text": "The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.",
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},
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"ref": "1909 October 14, Edward Kimball Hall, speech, in The Inauguration of Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., LL.D., as president of Dartmouth College, The Rumford Press, page 88",
"text": "The alma mater had again called on her sons in her hour of need and again they had responded."
},
{
"ref": "1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 315",
"text": "Because of the drastic reduction in the use of petrol and tyres the railway is now called on to effect practically all the island's transport, with the exception of a small amount handled by one coastwise steamer.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1974, Bruce Thordarson, Lester Pearson: Diplomat and Politician, Oxford University Press, page 120",
"text": "President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba to prevent delivery of the missiles and called on his allies for support.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Bruno Coppieters, “Legitimate Authority”, chapter 2 of Bruno Coppieters and Nick Fotion (editors), Moral Constraints on War: Principles and Cases, Lexington Books, page 46",
"text": "De Gaulle called on the military to break with their hierarchical superiors and on the other French citizens to distance themselves from their government."
}
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"To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task."
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"(also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task."
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"text": "Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The young adventurer set out on the new planet alone, thankful that she could still call on her captain for advice in case of emergency.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To have recourse to."
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"(also call upon) To have recourse to."
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"(ditransitive) To correct; to point out an error or untruth."
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"sense": "To visit (a person); to pay a call to",
"word": "посещавам"
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"roman": "izpitvam",
"sense": "To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer",
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