contact
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They scour the internet to confirm obscurities, contact competition officials and high-school counselors and use a video-interview program to suss out students’ research claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It also denied reports that Infantino had been rebuffed Monday in efforts to contact Trump for help in saving his presidency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
These traces point to the wide range of environments, objects and people that may have come into contact with the Shroud during its long history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Your girlfriend can request a copy of her Supplemental Security Income file or contact the Social Security Administration to confirm whether her benefit is already being reduced under the “PMV rule.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Neither of them breaks eye contact with the other.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Our five-week email course is designed to take the guesswork and anxiety out of developing contacts into relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Momentum doesn't happen by accident," said Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of the grassroots group Our Revolution, which says its volunteers have made more than 300,000 voter contacts for El-Sayed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
These contacts were isolated for an incubation period of 21 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the past, people without business contacts or particular savvy might not have known how to get their ideas off the ground, said Ernie Tedeschi, Stripe’s chief economist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Tell me your contacts, and I will filter what I pass on to the English. Tell me, and you have confessed to your countrywoman and given nothing to the enemy.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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An undercover BBC reporter contacted Sarver posing as someone with a relative who had cancer.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Strouse, 65 years old, said she wasn’t contacted by the AG and didn’t think to reach out to him because she considered the relatively diminutive size of the scholarship irrelevant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
I contacted the other driver’s insurance company, and they said they’re waiting for the accident report before moving forward — so I’m basically in a holding pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
At 4 p.m., sheriff’s deputies contacted a volunteer group to help search the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Wait,” Sophia said, her face wrinkled up in a mixture of horror and disgust, “are you saying that none of you were contacted by the Oakland Police Department about Mr. Perez’s death?”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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The 22-year-old says while he understands their anxiety, parents shouldn’t be joining their children’s job interviews or contacting employees on their behalf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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
Topp recommends contacting the recreation department or high-school association for information and contacts regarding the certification requirements in the desired sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
She remembered writing that, too, not long before she stopped contacting him, before she pushed him behind many walls.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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