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as in to interrogate
to put a question or questions to
my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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as in to request
to make a request of
ask the salesclerk for assistance
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Recent Examples of ask
But that’s also another question that’s better to ask him rather than me.
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Kingsbury asked what Payton was thinking at that moment.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
When the panel was taking questions from the public, a resident asked Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garcia if there are plans to fund programs to help reduce gun violence in Fort Worth.
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Mary Ella Hastings
june 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Apologies if this has been asked before.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Kingsbury asked what Payton was thinking at that moment.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
When the panel was taking questions from the public, a resident asked Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garcia if there are plans to fund programs to help reduce gun violence in Fort Worth.
—
Mary Ella Hastings
june 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Apologies if this has been asked before.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ask
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If unethical actors can deploy custom frontier AI models to aggressively interrogate smart contracts and find hidden protocol flaws, human-only defensive audits will be rendered obsolete.
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New York police executing a search warrant raided an LGBTQ+ bar called the Stonewall Inn, and some of the patrons resisted as officers continued interrogating them and bar employees.
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The Ohio Supreme Court has denied Mackenzie Shirilla's appeal requesting a new trial after she was convicted of murder in 2022.
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Around the same time, PennLive reporter Jenna Wise requested three autopsy reports related to a 2025 crime spree from Susquehanna County Coroner Jessica Chiaramonte.
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Nine months later, the deputy involved has been charged in connection with the September crash in Beaumont that killed 21-year-old Gavin Hinkley and left his fiancée, 20-year-old Madeline Fox, with severe, life-altering injuries.
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Kerr, like Carvalho, has not been charged with wrongdoing.
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The leader of the party that has a working majority in parliament is automatically invited by the monarch to form a government, so would not need to call a general election.
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The question invites men to explain their parenting not as something that simply happened, but as a series of choices.
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For generations, those rules have been questioned and debated but rarely tested – until now.
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Leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services applauded the FTC’s move, pointing to an HHS review that questioned WPATH standards.
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African and Caribbean leaders are demanding financial compensation, debt cancellation and formal apologies from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade after adopting a sweeping reparations plan at a conference in Ghana.
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December 22 – January 19 By afternoon, plans demand a firmer line.
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Daniel also quizzed Saulter on his personal relationship with Garcia’s family, but the exchange was disregarded after an objection from prosecutors.
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This is a chance for subscribers to quiz Brighton correspondent Andy Naylor about this transfer window and the season ahead.
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“Ask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ask. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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