inquire
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Hillman remembers calling Knight eight years after graduation seeking a phone number to reach a Reebok executive to inquire about a job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
"If we don't inquire into this, it will happen again and again."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
After ProPublica shared the findings of its investigation and the names of veterans who would appear in it, the agency reached out to several to inquire about their care and offer help.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are three documents Brooks suggest you inquire about:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In measured tones, as soberly as he could, Nels recited the facts as he understood them: Kabuo Miyamoto had gone to Ole Jurgensen to inquire about his land.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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“I’m not supposed to dance, right? Where exactly do I stand?” he inquires nervously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Police said a dedicated team of officers had been assigned to the case, and were carrying out CCTV, house-to-house and forensic inquires.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Are these the last days?” a village priest inquires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Melania inquires about what Macron has done to curb bullying and anxiety among French youth.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
He inquires as to when what is referred to only as his challenge will begin.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Then U.S. and Swiss law-enforcement officials inquired with the exchange about one of the customer’s accounts that had been repeatedly accessed from Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"What happened is to be inquired, where the hospital lacked facilities."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Clubs in the Premier League and overseas have inquired about Rashford and will surely continue to do so until the transfer window closes on 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He invited me onto a boom lift to photograph the site from above and inquired if I knew who had made Pinky, which he’d removed just days prior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
When we got about half way to St. Michael’s, while the constables having us in charge were looking ahead, Henry inquired of me what he should do with his pass.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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"He had an inquiring mind, even at that age. He was great to be around, he enjoyed life," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A company spokesperson said Lineage was inquiring about potentially “safer” alternatives to the equipment’s rapid shutdown devices, which are designed to protect firefighters from shock but also have been linked to increased fire risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Inman-Grant said her agency had begun inquiring what Telegram was doing to combat terrorist and extremist material in March 2024, and had endured "five very difficult months of unresponsiveness".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Businesses in the first phase of payouts are inquiring, too, if they are still waiting and need cash, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Above all, it didn’t answer any of the questions that the illustration stirred up in a normal inquiring mind: How did we end up with a Sun in the middle of our planet?
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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