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contact

[kon-takt] / ˈkɒn tækt /




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For more information, contact your county elections office; a complete list of contact information for each county office can be found here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

At that point, he says, a worker would be free to contact the Social Security Administration and switch to Medicare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

She said she kept in contact with Sir Nicholas, meeting regularly until his death in 2015 at the age of 106.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

A growing body of research across the world is finding that sports with lots of head contact can cause brain damage, brain disease, dementia and related conditions such as Parkinson’s.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Ah, yeah. She was cool,” Arlo says, avoiding eye contact.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Using their wealth of contacts across the world, including dedicated regional scouts, Liverpool are becoming increasingly aggressive in the space.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

U.S. and Iranian officials also communicated through Qatari and Pakistani mediators during the gathering, contacts Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as significant despite the limited progress.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

It isn’t unusual for presidents and Fed chairs to meet on occasion, but in recent decades the contacts have been more formal and choreographed to avoid the perception the president is influencing rate decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

If she, with all her Ministry contacts and protection .

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Now a respected New Yorker magazine writer promoting his forthcoming book on the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Michael is contacted by Lou, who has been flailing since returning to the States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Iranian ships were guarded when they were contacted by radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The production team at That's Life were then contacted by several viewers who had watched the show and realised their connection to Sir Nicholas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Attorneys at Dordick Law, who are acting for Greer-Wilkinson, said they had been contacted by more than 100 people who say they were injured by the roller coaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“I was contacted by another bounty hunter,” he finally says, stretching his arms over his head.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

After months of contacting Meta, Instagram’s parent company, he said he got no meaningful response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The EU wants children's accounts to remain private, with "risky settings" disabled by default and unknown users prevented from contacting minors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Pritchard was also handed an indefinite restraining order, preventing her from contacting her ex-husband.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I should have realized he would be at her apartment, but I really had no way of contacting him there.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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