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asked (for)

verb

past tense of ask (for)

as in requested

to make a request for don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it

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as in invited

to act so as to make (something) more likely you are asking for trouble if you invite her ex to the wedding

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as in ordered

to give a request or demand for the surgeon asked for the scalpel

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Long Beach Police requested the help of its SWAT team, which eventually made entry into the house.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2026
The company has also requested permission to increase LC-36’s annual launch limit from 12 to 50 flights.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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Rescue operations were complicated, with police firing tear gas at people who had begun looting neighboring shops, as officers sought to clear the area and provide access to emergency response teams.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The policy sought to prevent the heavily subsidized vehicles from undercutting domestic production.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

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Luca Guadagnino One of the best films of the 2010s, this drama stars Timothée Chalamet as a boy who discovers his own sexuality when he’s wooed by an older man, played by Armie Hammer.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
When asked who might be the greatest thinker in America, the boy immediately suggests Professor Jacob Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe), an Albert Einstein analogue who's wooed by Klaatu's solutions to a particularly tricksy math equation.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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