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Some will ask that if retrospective action is applied to City, should the same not happen to Chelsea?
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Levine and a colleague, Monique Johnson, decided to ask for outside help by launching an ad hoc podcast, Portrait of Possibilities, and they enlisted other experts such as Sullivan to be guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Ants, for example, this year are only available for customers who specifically ask to try them," said Atala, whose Sao Paulo restaurant D.O.M. plucks ingredients from the Amazonian wilderness to reinterpret Indigenous traditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Irish singer told the outlet that he had approached Parton to ask her to collaborate on a different side project inspired by Irish folk music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“So, is no one gonna ask Lala why she cut all her hair off?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Ever felt exhausted after a vivid dream?" asks Professor Ko Matsui of Tohoku University.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
“In that world, nobody asks, ‘How do I earn less so I’m taxed less?’” he notes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
An old friend asks him to travel to Salzburg to lend his legal expertise to the very same academy he saw founded years before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Don well?" asks the Daily Mirror, embedding a photo of the two leaders shaking hands in New York City.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Well then, that’s what we’ll march for a few years from now. Do you want a Coke or something?” he asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vasseur was asked whether he was joking about Horner, and replied: "I was very serious."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Managers are also asked to assess the program participants on nine different categories, like innovation and resilience, while employees are prompted to list their top strengths and weaknesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
In a 30-minute vlog sharing highlights of the trip, Doncic was asked what matters to him now that didn’t five years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
But we only know that because he unsuccessfully asked the court to return the money.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
After dinner, Don Quixote told the innkeeper his "secret," and asked him to dub him a knight.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Abdullahi argued that the solution is not asking women to choose differently.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
"And people have been asking for action, wondering why they didn't move earlier."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Manchester City logo dominates the front page of the Sun, with the paper asking: "Going down?"
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Some, like EY, have designed simulations to let junior staff practice asking clients for information or confronting a co-worker about a missed deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
I’m trying to work my way up to asking her about the names on the list.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
