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We will ask him not to Google it just yet, and we will share with him the most gentle version of our family truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The flood of negative reviews of the fast-food chain, coupled with widespread closures of its restaurants, led Slate to ask in April “What the Hell Happened to Wendy’s?”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
We only found out he’d remarried an old family friend, Pamela, when Harvey Levin from TMZ called Noah to ask if he had a comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I gotta ask you something—it sounds like you’re trying to discourage me—are you?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I ask as she pulls up in front of the house and turns off the engine.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“If we’re shutting down hunger,” she asks, “what else are we shutting down?”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Such extra dimensions have been proposed as one possible answer to the hierarchy problem, a longstanding question in physics that asks why gravity is dramatically weaker than the other fundamental forces.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He asks Tony Ressler, the principal owner of basketball’s Atlanta Hawks, whether he would recommend sports ownership to his friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
She asks how I’m enjoying my 20s, to which I bluntly reply, “It’s a nightmare.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“You won’t be doing anything but making it worse. One of them won’t be around much longer—why put yourself through that?” she asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In a televised interview, they were asked if they were in love, and Diana said, “Of course!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But earlier this month, after about two hours of evidence on Scotland's rail services, Stevenson asked: "I take it Transport Scotland is a registered charity?"
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I’m wondering, have you ever planned on deeding any of your personal property or property of the Smithsonian to any of these tribes?” he asked Hartig.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
I asked Elabed if she felt that line was directed at her.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Dad asked if I wanted to decorate the basement so it didn’t feel like a dark, hollow room.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
More colleges are asking: Is it better to tell families their school is cheaper, instead of being more expensive but handing out big merit scholarships?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community. To use the stage for more than entertainment,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Her top tips for asking friends to pay up are:
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
They dig into the research on socioeconomic integration, the tendency to conflate race and class, and the problem with asking individual parents to solve what is really a policy problem.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Karli kept asking her why we were going this way.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
