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respond

[ri-spond] / rɪˈspɒnd /


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It’s unclear when officers took the suspects into custody, and the agency didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Stiegler didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Most patients respond well to treatment, but 6-28 percent fall into the so-called "difficult-to-treat" group because they do not achieve lasting remission despite therapy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Property developers Taylor Wimpey refused to comment, and Watkin Jones, Barratt Redrow and Persimmon Homes did not respond for comment.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Before she could respond, the tree roots shifted.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Unlike Alice, Bryan is the audience stand-in: the average guy who responds to a mind-boggling, impossible situation as clumsily as you or I might.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes, that responds to light," says Jo Baker, a psychotherapist and student sleep and mental health expert.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

This is how the Internal Revenue Service responds to a change in a taxpayer’s filing status: When one spouse dies, the survivor often ends up paying higher taxes on lower income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

This protein acts as a sensor that responds to signals from the environment, diet, and gut microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Ma looks at me for a few seconds before she responds.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Lineage hasn’t responded to requests for comment about the bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Once the culture picked up on the idea of trauma that is everywhere, therapists really responded to that,” says the University of Minnesota’s Doherty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Six forces responded to say e-bikes they had seized had been sold, including large forces such as West Midlands Police and Police Scotland.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Two officers, Stefan Carutasu and Dominique Billew, responded and found Blanco standing near a parked car, repeatedly slashing at an area under the bumper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

His voice was about ten notches too innocent, so I responded just as innocently.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Coach Sean McVay complimented Ferguson for responding positively after his miscues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Around half of that cost is understood to have been money spent by the MoD and the wider government in responding to the inquiry, including lawyers representing former SAS officers and senior military figures.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Snarky fisking — responding to an article line-by-line — gave way to the quiz boom, which was consumed by the personal essay before the long decade of short-form video.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Traders are responding to the Bank of Japan rate hike last week that turned out less hawkish than expected, while expectations for further U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We are fine standing,” said Mae, finally responding to the officer’s suggestion that we might like to sit.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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