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It was such a beautiful, quick way to teach me to ask for exactly what you want.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Young people are "more inquisitive" and ask more questions than their elders, who Miller said sometimes hesitate to challenge him for fear of causing offense.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
If they can’t avoid prepayments altogether, patients can ask about paying a portion of what is due and setting up a payment plan for the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
I emailed Brent Lipinski, the Chicago Public Library’s assistant commissioner for patron experience, to ask how the counter came to be there.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
He did ask, and that's what he was told.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The consultation asks if TGC should form the basis of the new company and whether it should use its name or call itself Ynni Cymru, external.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
No one at the bakery asks for identification.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Does a society’s sense of itself always rely on ostracization?” he asks early on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When an officer asks Lawantara where the weapon was, he says it was “on the ground right there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“That your father’s gun?” he asks, altering tactics.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"I am immensely proud to have been asked to help this team on their journey to win a World Cup in South Africa," said Pietersen.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
When he was asked in the heat of the 2024 presidential race about how he planned to address child care, an issue affecting families of all political persuasions, he stumbled.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Christian Schottenhamel, whose family has operated Oktoberfest’s oldest tent since 1867, asked in a May Instagram video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Oppenheim said he and Fielder were at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles several years ago when a magician asked the audience to name a celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
I asked, “Could you tell me more about hunting with your cousins?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The home was subsequently listed for $6.99 million in 2024 before its asking price was reduced to $5.99 million in May 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Eat Social, which operates a cafe in Wensum Street, Norwich, is launching the campaign in October, asking people to sign up to take part in the two-day task.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Taking an accusatory approach—like asking, why can’t you see that you’re being fooled—can make a victim shut down, said Marti DeLiema, a University of Minnesota assistant professor of social work who studies financial fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He read aloud an answer he had received after asking ChatGPT to estimate the risks if the race toward increasingly powerful AI continued with little regulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, Bob and King: You walk from table to table, sharing Picnic_ant’s photo and asking customers, “Do you know this girl?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
