contact
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The proposed standard would still require full-time faculty to teach more than half of all credit hours offered by a law school or two-thirds of what law schools call “student contact hours.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
And a "Stop Smart Glasses" campaign in Britain and Ireland has launched a petition and call for supporters to contact stores to stop their sale.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Instead, it folds into an intricate three-dimensional arrangement, allowing sections that are far apart along the DNA sequence to come into close physical contact.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“In detention, cases move much faster. It’s hard to contact your client. It’s hard to visit your client,” Toczylowski said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I’m terribly sorry for the late hour, but your note did say to contact you at any time, and this was the only time I knew I could pass by your address.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that he couldn’t share any comments regarding the announced energy ceasefire as contacts continued, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Russia has not confirmed the woman died of plague and the governor of the local region said Thursday no health issues were detected after all her contacts were traced.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Once TCIP3 brought the proteins together, they formed several additional chemical contacts with one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
They are also trying to trace 57 other contacts of the Kenyan patient after he travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, dying in hospital in Nairobi on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Engel’s American contacts were all very respectably pro-Germany, Penn’s less so.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
In an attempt to find the mysterious Bill Jones, The Wall Street Journal contacted current and former Navy officials, lawmakers, White House aides and industry executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The business said it had contacted Clarkson privately in hopes of resolving the disagreement.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The spokesperson says many people had contacted them about the tiger and he was safe and well.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
After Lonna’s son made his way back to Coconut Cove, the first and only person he contacted was Beatrice.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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He is now contacting Tui to complain and request some of their £3,300 back.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to the order reviewed by The Times, Berry is prohibited from contacting Martinez, 60, and their son Maceo beyond the terms of her August 2023 split-custody agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
After months of contacting Meta, Instagram’s parent company, he said he got no meaningful response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
After contacting Martin-Baker, Bath was informed the offer was legitimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Or he would have encountered one of the soldiers and asked for help in contacting Kathy.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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