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request

[ri-kwest] / rɪˈkwɛst /




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Workers were demanding salary increases, protection against subcontracting and job loss through automation, and were refusing to comply with FIFA’s request to collect sensitive private information such as nationality and home addresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Between March and October 2023, Mikheil Z. went to the BnF 40 times to request access to manuscripts, mainly by Pushkin, claiming he was doing research on democracy in 19th-century Russian literature.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

With Apple, he adds, “your data is only used to execute your request, and outside experts can continue to verify this promise at any time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A lawyer for Bankman-Fried did not reply to a request for comment.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Maybe he’d misspelled a word in his search request; maybe he just needed to try again.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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