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- noun Plural form of
phone-in .
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Examples
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Although injuries deprived Sunderland of a recognised striker, the team's shapeless second‑half surrender ensured the near-40,000 crowd had largely dispersed by the final whistle and evening radio phone-ins were jammed with calls for managerial change.
Bobby Zamora and Fulham give Sunderland plenty to worry about 2011
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He is also urging on his followers in a series of phone-ins and messages on Twitter.
Thai Poll Fuels Fear of a Coup James Hookway 2011
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The fans in the seats are paying more than £1,000 a year for their entertainment – at Arsenal, anyway – and the opening up of the media, from phone-ins to Twitter, has given them a taste for expressing their opinions without restraint.
José Mourinho joins Arsène Wenger in facing the stirrings of rebellion | Richard Williams 2012
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Such doubts have been vigorously expressed in comments on the Guardian's website and in contributions to radio phone-ins over the last two days.
Grand National deaths press the case for horse age-limits 2011
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A week before Liverpool's victory over United in the FA Cup fourth round, in fact, when, on the basis of the phone-ins and forums, the director of football, Damien Comolli, was suddenly the only man in charge of the club's signings.
Andy Carroll pays the price for lone ranger role at Liverpool 2012
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He is also urging on his followers in a series of phone-ins and messages on twitter.
Thai-Cambodia Border Dispute Adds to Election Worries James Hookway 2011
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Obama spent today in a series of phone-ins to radio stations as voters went to the polls.
Exit polls point to miserable night for Democrats in US midterms Ewen MacAskill in Washington 2010
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Front doors were being reinforced, there had been a run on locks in the DIY shops, radio phone-ins were full of young wans saying how they could hardly sleep in their beds at night for fear.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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It's not that he throws out the sort of "stands to reason" opinions that are ten-a-penny on phone-ins, more that he uses lightly applied logic to explode much of the bullshit we're encouraged to believe about the world.
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Initially, 5 Live was the clear winner: Breakfast talking to Graham Foulkes, whose son died in the 7/7 bombings and whose phone was hacked; Nicky Campbell hosting some excellent phone-ins; and Hugh Grant taking former NoW features editor Paul McMullan to task on Victoria Derbyshire's show on Tuesday.
Rewind radio: Who provided the best phone-hacking coverage? 2011
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