- a variation of inquiry.
enquiry
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Manager Sam Allardyce went big, with an enquiry for 32-year-old Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo, who had been frozen out at AC Milan.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
As the APD released the podcast in June, detectives were testing the DNA using new forensic genealogy technology, and the programme updated listeners about other new lines of enquiry.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The head of UK counter-terrorism policing, Laurence Taylor, said in a statement that "we are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
He added that the Sikh community had been "pushed under a bus" and they are calling for a "judge-led public enquiry", which he believes will help to contain some of the anger directed at Sikhs.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Both have been released on conditional bail while enquiries continue.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Thomas Street, Hepburn Road, Stokes Croft and City Road are all closed while police make enquiries, with more officers than usual in the area as investigations continue.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Police say enquiries are ongoing and have urged anyone with information or video footage "to do the right thing and come forward".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"We have a number of enquiries underway but would ask anyone who was in that area of London Road last night, between 22:45 and 23:00, to contact police."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Their first object was her sister; and she was more grieved than astonished to hear, in reply to her minute enquiries, that though Jane always struggled to support her spirits, there were periods of dejection.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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