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as in interrogating
to put a question or questions to my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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as in requesting
to make a request of ask the salesclerk for assistance
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as in charging
to set or receive as a price they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock
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Recent Examples of asking Police are asking anyone with information, video or photos of the incident to come forward and call the department tip line at 469-658-3050. —
Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the department. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 And then everyone should be asking, were there any backroom promises made? —Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026 Texas Ranger introduces bodycam video Prosecutors have begun playing video of law enforcement interrogations of Tanner Horner, beginning with Texas Ranger Job Espinoza demanding that Horner tell him where Athena is and asking if the child was alive or dead when Horner left her. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026 Harvick raised his voice about why the appeals process hadn't been made public, asking what is there to hide. —Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The Purple One was not pleased when his band started asking questions. —Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025 The plaintiffs are asking the court to block the administration’s order, which puts Haitians at risk of being returned to a country overrun by deadly gangs. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025 Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the LCSO at 703-777-1021. —Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the department. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 And then everyone should be asking, were there any backroom promises made? —Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026 Texas Ranger introduces bodycam video Prosecutors have begun playing video of law enforcement interrogations of Tanner Horner, beginning with Texas Ranger Job Espinoza demanding that Horner tell him where Athena is and asking if the child was alive or dead when Horner left her. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026 Harvick raised his voice about why the appeals process hadn't been made public, asking what is there to hide. —Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The Purple One was not pleased when his band started asking questions. —Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025 The plaintiffs are asking the court to block the administration’s order, which puts Haitians at risk of being returned to a country overrun by deadly gangs. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025 Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the LCSO at 703-777-1021. —Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
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But those comparisons won’t do The White Lotus any favors, since Beef is more effective than that series’ second and third seasons in interrogating how exclusive locations sharpen class differences.— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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Season 50 is honoring its past and legacy, actively interrogating it, dropping players from different eras into direct competition and letting the game itself reveal what has changed and what hasn’t.— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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He can be heard telling a dispatcher that Rivera has been shot and requesting an ambulance and a SWAT team.— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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The official also criticized Nanos for not requesting help from the FBI earlier in the case.— Peter D'Abrosca , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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The fifth-year rate is about $10 less per call than what QuadCom is charging in its 2026-27 budget year, Stewart said.— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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Battery and charging capabilities further strengthen the 06T’s appeal.— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
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The stream rushed by, as clear and inviting as the nearby lake that their father forbade them from swimming in.— Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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The association has been inviting the sitting president to the dinner ever since President Calvin Coolidge attended in 1924.— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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Sources say the character didn’t survive test screenings (audiences kept questioning why Andy needed a roommate at all).— Kennedy French, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Panamanian officials confirmed that Jalil was immediately transferred to the country’s Judicial Investigation Directorate and is expected to face questioning by prosecutors in the coming days.— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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The loan, promised to Kyiv months ago, has been long delayed because Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Victor Orbán was blocking it, demanding Ukraine restarts the flow of Russian oil into Europe.— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Democrats are demanding that Mills also be expelled, arguing similar conduct should have similar outcomes.— Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
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Though the biggest payoff came away from the drills — sitting down for dinner with top prospects, quizzing them in the classroom, getting to know them away from the field, talking to the people at those colleges who knew them best.— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s been quizzing his members on which strategy to pursue, Republicans said.— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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