asking

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Or is that asking the wrong question entirely?

From Slate • May 17, 2026

The FBI director was also on the Hill this week for a budget hearing and, in an unorthodox strategy for a setting where you’re asking Congress for money, was eager to fight.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

I don’t know the details of each case, but I do know that we are a nation at war asking enormous sacrifices of our service members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It is specifically asking for the court to rule on the impact of the Windsor Framework, as this was not considered in the original Supreme Court judgement.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I kept asking questions, and she was only too happy to keep talking, hardly taking a breath until we stepped off the trolley at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu