1.   Anyone who dares defend this breakthrough speaks in hushed tones, fearing crank calls and canceled grants.

2.   I was getting a lot of crank calls, so I started unplugging my phone at night.

3.   The heavy breathing sounded like a crank call.

4.   Amid the current turmoil, the television personalities Shay Goldstein and Dror Rafael placed crank calls to Hezbollah and the Iranian parliament.

5.   A crank call?

6.   But I thought this had to be someone pulling my leg, a crank call.

7.   Eight crank calls had come in late in the evening, she said.

8.   For amusement, they recorded some crank calls and made copies of the cassettes for friends and family.

9.   In three Florida spots, teens sit around making crank calls to movie producers and cigarette makers.

10.   It turned out to be a crank call.