questioning

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By February this year German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was openly questioning the scheme.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He spent a couple of hours Friday questioning Peter Grossman about a web of trusts, companies and his wife’s cryptocurrency holdings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

This is the Christian tradition: questioning inherited norms, unsettling comfortable hierarchies, insisting that the ethical imagination can go further than traditional society allows.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Pelley’s dismissal came Tuesday, one day after a staff meeting in which the correspondent interrupted Bilton’s remarks, questioning the new boss’s qualifications and lambasting Weiss’s leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“I’ve been trying to figure out if you’re brave or flat-out ignorant. I’ll give you points for bravery, but you’ve also proved your ignorance by questioning who I am when the answer should be obvious.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas