contact
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A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office previously said it was "supporting British nationals affected and their families and remain in close contact with the Spanish authorities".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“You should only contact Robinhood support through the app,” it adds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, can cause severe bleeding and organ failure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hamawy has said he condemns Abdel-Rahman’s violent rhetoric and actions and that he had no contact with the cleric after his arrest.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
I need to ask her a very important question, and to do that, I’ll have to make eye contact with Aunt J. So I chance lifting my head to meet her gaze.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Topp recommends contacting the recreation department or high-school association for information and contacts regarding the certification requirements in the desired sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
More than 10,000 contacts of infected people are being monitored, at a follow-up rate of 82 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
It assumes that the same genetic mechanism would still have been at work nearly 200,000 years later, at the time of the final contacts between Sapiens and Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
A spokesperson said: "Where required, contact tracing will occur and contacts may undergo clinical assessment and precautionary testing."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
My understanding is that the reception committee who prepared the landing field is not connected to Julie’s prearranged contacts in Ormaie—more accurately they are all different members of the same circuit.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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I was recently contacted by the brokerage firm that manages about $500,000 of my investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Commons security team has been contacted for a comment.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He said he had no contact with Peltola’s campaign — “zero, none, zilch” — and denied anyone from the state Democratic Party or any national Democratic operatives had contacted him to run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander said a senior FBI official contacted a reporter and a senior editor before the Wednesday article about the decision to switch planes was published.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Zeitouns’ lawyer contacted the New Orleans Police Department and found that Lima was no longer employed there.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Craig and Lindsay Foreman remain barred from contacting their children or loved ones, the family have said.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Hopkins registered the trademark in 2018 and began contacting authors who had also used the descriptor — and the list was long, because the cocky, arrogant hero is a romance trope.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
"These images started spreading like wildfire... and then the media started contacting me for a response."
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
“People who took her training 20 years ago have been contacting us and saying, ‘Your mother changed the way I thought about the world, she is the basis for my feminism,’” Sanchez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I’m not sure I did the right thing by contacting your mother,” Gay said.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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