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"I think it's about time somebody got together and did something about this," says Greg, a phoned-in independent from Fort Lauderdale.

How it unfolded: 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear' Lisa de Moraes 2010

(Stephen Colbert had urged his fans to show up in costume.) "The importance of this rally is that the country see that there are many real people that support reasonableness and civility," weighs in Barbara of Reston, a phoned-in Democrat.

How it unfolded: 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear' Lisa de Moraes 2010

A recent spate of anonymous, phoned-in bomb threats in Paris – including on the Eiffel Tower – didn't appear to have the "signature" of al-Qaida, the official said, noting the terror network hasn't typically tipped off authorities to attacks in advance.

Al Qaeda Terror Threat In Europe: 8 Germans, 2 Brits Behind Plot AP 2010

"Neither insipid nor mawkish but definitely phoned-in."

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg: Book summary 2010

A recent spate of anonymous, phoned-in bomb threats in Paris – including on the Eiffel Tower – didn't appear to have the "signature" of al-Qaida, the official said, noting the terror network hasn't typically tipped off authorities to attacks in advance.

Al Qaeda Terror Threat In Europe: 8 Germans, 2 Brits Behind Plot AP 2010

I can't imagine a more appropriate situation for this phoned-in response.

Reconsidering Project Runway 2009

"We do phoned-in deliveries, so they don't bother us," said Alexandra DeFaria , manager of a North Beach Pizza outlet in the Haight-Ashbury, which sits across the street from a weekly gathering of food trucks called Off the Grid.

Restaurants, Food Trucks in Turf War Jim Carlton 2011

Never cast Alec Baldwin in a role that requires a very specific accent or, if you do, tweak the character enough to allow him to speak without some phoned-in phrases meant to emulate the way a geographically determined group of people talk.

5 Actors That Should Have Been *Forced* to Use Their Natural Accents | Fandomania 2010

I cant imagine anything worse than a “phoned-in” (to quote a great source) performance of Aragorn.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Viggo Quits Acting. Middle Earth poops its pants. 2009

Foreigners forked over three times as much money as Americans to see the lame, phoned-in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides."

That's Entertainment—Somewhere Else Joe Queenan 2011