request
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A representative for Noel Tata didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The U.S. attorney’s office in L.A. did not respond to a request for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The company apologised and said it would request his case to be reopened and withdrawn "due to the case of false identity".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Newsom’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
When law enforcement officers asked for more roadblocks and more officers to enforce the blocks, their director denied their request.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Asked on Monday whether Kim had responded to his requests for a conversation, Trump said: "Yeah, he has."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But he did allow parents to be notified of any student requests to change school records; for example, if a student requested to be known by a different name on a class roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
During that stretch, Texas has approved several other extradition requests from Minnesota and sent several of its own, according to the lawsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has said that the renewal requests were focused on "public interest", not retaliation.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“There will be no more requests to leave granted until our numbers are full. Is that understood?”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
“Industry just says, ‘Shucks, write us another check,’” said one defense congressional staffer, who requested anonymity to speak about internal defense spending deliberations.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Times requested additional information in an email to Threets but did not immediately hear back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
This suggests their parents' requested donors were not used.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Palm Beach County voting records cited by US media show Trump requested a ballot in late July and returned it last week for the contests in his adopted home state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bostick provided them with his identification and ticket, as requested.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
"It brought back the fear, anxiety, and despair we experienced at the height of war," she said, requesting anonymity for security concerns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
DHS just needed to submit a letter officially requesting the data for those purposes, an attorney in the legal counsel’s office explained, according to internal emails.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Yeah, I’ll be requesting my Apple Pay after this,” Reese said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Inspectors are now requesting more records related to these steel columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
This is a little bit like requesting people not to work on the golden hamster!
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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