contacted

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Tailgater coaches contacted him beforehand to gauge his interest and he told them, “Pick me.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

A former employee had contacted the regulator as a whistleblower, the people said, alleging those in the program lacked the proper licenses that work would have required.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

EBay on Monday confirmed that it received the “unsolicited” proposal from GameStop, while saying it hadn’t been contacted by GameStop before the proposal was received.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

The BBC contacted Lubajja, who had told the undercover journalists he had been the owner of Russet, for comment on the findings of the investigation.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson