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as in with
using the means or agency of contacted her via telephone

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Recent Examples of via An expanded, 13-song version of the album is already available online via the Origin website. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025 Newsweek has reached out to the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Qatari Embassy in Washington D.C. for comment via email on Sunday. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025 This story is republished via CT Community News, a service of the Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative, an organization sponsored by journalism departments at college and university campuses across the state. Roselynmartin Somtochukwu Ilo, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025 The lawyer articulated a different retributive vision, one that corresponds to, say, dismantling federal agencies via deregulation, or rooting out dark money—not just handcuffing Trump’s enemies for the camera. Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for via
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  • Cardinal Prevost chose the papal name Leo, one of the more popular choices in history, which has been used by 13 previous popes.
    May 8, CBS News, 9 May 2025
  • The death was also widely reported by Ukrainian media outlets and social media users.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Preposition
  • Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.
    James Powel, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • In February 2025, Gran Grif was linked to an attack that killed a Kenyan officer with the MSS mission.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Preposition
  • Enraged by the recent loss of his father, despite his role in it, family friend Corey Milsap (Seann William Scott) goes on a rampage through the Gemstone lake house Galilee Gulch, wounding all three siblings — Jesse (McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam Devine) — via gunshot.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
  • The plot was uncovered through the Justice Ministry’s the ministry’s Cyber Operations Lab following a tip from Rio state police intelligence, which found online evidence of digital cells encouraging violence toward the Copacabana Beach attendees.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2025
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  • Almost all vessels in its fleet have connecting family cabins that can accommodate as many as 10 passengers.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 12 May 2025
  • Two police officers are in the hospital with unspecified injuries after shots rang out on Staten Island Sunday night, police said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025

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“Via.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/via. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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