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She was sitting down in her stately Oaxaca home when we connected over Zoom, and smiled widely the moment I brought up my metaphysical query.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a query for comment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
There may be those in the room who will query his ability to turn this around, especially with such fierce criticism from European countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
When you see a picture of a children eagerly raising their hands in class, Ms. Watson dryly observes, the students are likely answering a teacher’s prompt, rather than raising a query.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Julia’s parents said she could go. Can I go too?” was Christine’s constant query to her parents.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
The US Trade Representative's office did not respond to queries on the matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And those are queries that must be addressed because, whether we like it or not, even dystopian rom-coms might point us in the right — or even new — direction.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The opposition publication Meduza in June analyzed data from Yandex, Russia’s main online search engine, and found a surge in queries about when the war would end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
That’s leading to the rise of model routing — a technique that directs queries to the most suitable AI model.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
He queries me with a series of head tilts.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
We queried experts across sports medicine, personal training and physical therapy to devise easy routines comprising simple exercises you can do at home to test and train your balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A decade ago, Gerry queried arrears on his account with the CMS.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
When queried by AFP about the Washington Post report, the White House sent a statement defending the new plane's safety.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
When mortgage broker Market Financial Solutions collapsed in February, investors scoured court filings and queried lenders to see who took the hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
“What do you want to do now?” he queried.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
After his side's opening 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Miami on Monday, he was unimpressed with journalists querying his stance, amid suggestions it might be some kind of protest.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
They found that such acceptance becomes more likely if the person is under time pressure, faces a complex task or doesn’t have a good understanding of what they are querying, among other factors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Several cast doubt on Burnham's popularity among the Parliamentary Labour Party, with some querying if he would have support from the 80-odd MPs needed to trigger a leadership contest.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Wolff was also receiving advice from Epstein, at one point querying him about the best questions to ask Trump in a coming Oval Office interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
I can almost feel the querying powers gathering in her forehead.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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