contact
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For about a month, Báez trained with Cardinals coaches on his swing in an effort to improve his contact rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
She pointed to news of road construction crews digging deeper and deeper into Brazil’s Amazon forest, which she said will inevitably “bring us into contact with birds and bugs” and the disease-baggage they carry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
You can contact your university before you start to ask about changing course, or you can apply for courses at other universities through clearing.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"These incidents have disrupted surveillance, case investigation, contact tracing, treatment and community engagements showing how attacks can undermine not only health services, but also the capacity to detect and contain outbreaks," said Musani.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
She’s holding eye contact like she wants this to sink in.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
It makes the ankle joint stiffer and can improve stability when the foot contacts the ground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Those contacts help cells activate the instructions they need.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
His office added that only three contacts were listed in the phone, and that it was too early to determine whether any data had been deleted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A spokesman told AFP it would be "a ring trial in the DRC", involving the circle of contacts around known cases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Neighbouring bands probably competed for resources and even fought one another, but they also had friendly contacts.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
The workers, who included an 18-year-old student working a summer job who first noticed the gold, dutifully contacted their employers and the police to report the find, which included Victorian-era golden coins and gold bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
None of the employees contacted by AFP wished to comment on the site's future.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
BBC News NI has contacted Daera for a response.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He told the judge that he had contacted the company before its annual investor conference, posing as an investor at a firm with $50 million in assets, the Journal reported.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Around the same time, Mom was contacted to see if she and Dad would be interested in having a journalist from the Australian, a newspaper, do a story on me and the operation.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
She told shelter officials that she and her family had been scouring the neighborhood, including posting fliers and contacting local dog rescues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It recommended contacting Ford customer service to ask about a flaw that might be covered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The company said it was contacting the owners of the affected accounts and had "not seen evidence of broader impact to these providers or other accounts on their services."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
An AliExpress spokesperson told the BBC it had removed the products flagged by ESF and was contacting affected customers to initiate a recall.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
She was surprised by all this—Mr. Quisling pulling her aside to talk, someone contacting the school about The Gold-Bug, someone claiming the book was his.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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"Thank You, M'am"
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