I get the impression that 'call' has come to replace all varieties of the phrase 'declare the winner of', a one syllable word optimised for an era where you have character limits to tweets and headlines.
The sentence fragment "..., and the call stood" just hurts my brain.
I get the impression that 'call' has come to replace all varieties of the phrase 'declare the winner of', a one syllable word optimised for an era where you have character limits to tweets and headlines.
The sentence fragment "..., and the call stood" just hurts my brain.
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