request for help
Example Sentences
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The incident began at about 5:20 p.m. on April 8, 2025, when police responded to a request for help from the California Highway Patrol in tracking down three suspects wanted in a hit-and-run crash.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Quite a few Redditors jumped on a request for help finding a Napa Valley wine tasting with “real library vintages” to impress a group of people, adding that “price is not an issue.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
The Treasury has turned down a request for help.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
“How do they seem to combine them, whether, when confronted with a certain situation, they seem to select the appropriate button to request for help, for example.”
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024
Leila’s spirit repeated her request for help, spelling out, “try to.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
