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as in asks
to put a question or questions to
her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job
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as in interrogates
to put a series of questions to
applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood
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The update includes a new toggle to turn on an auto-reply from Meta AI whenever someone asks about your item's availability.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026 -
For a child who asks seventy-three questions a day, that’s not a small thing.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Longtime Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos and his daughter Paola Ramos — a journalist whose latest book interrogates the rise of the Latino far right — are moderating the conversation at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Ian Cheney’s brisk but sprawling doc interrogates the origins of the dish, who invented it, how it got popularized, and the eponymous 19th-century military leader who may (or may not) have inspired it.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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The show, on display through November, will also feature the work of contemporary artist Marianne Nicolson, who examines the impact of commercial fisheries in British Columbia’s Indigenous communities.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Logan also helped create the 2026 NIPSCO Energy Affordability Impact Brief, which examines residents’ bills in the last few months compared to a year ago.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Cornyn is fighting for a fifth term in the Senate as Paxton questions his conservative credentials.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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That nobody ever questions Louise is part of the conceit.—
Malavika Kannan,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Catechizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechizes. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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