as in asks
to make a request of
she's always hitting me up for money
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Anna asks as her mother sits in the bathtub on a stool shampooing her daughter’s hair.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Inside the facility, Angela empties her pockets, a guard scans her with a metal-detection wand, pats her down and asks her to spread her legs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Mu Hee’s visits her Uncle and Aunt, and requests them to ask her father the whereabouts of her mother.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Boston’s tendency to ignore federal civil detainer requests due to the Trust Act led to a squabble between ICE and Boston Police last year that centered around a discrepancy in how many detainer requests the respective sides reported for 2024.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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An Expert Podcast - Hua invites experts onto his podcast to have longer-form conversations on key EQ topics like EQ and AI, psychological safety, emotion regulation, and how EQ can help drive sales.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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That’s because Harry believes in things that last — as such, the coat invites us to imagine that he’s owned and cared for it for some time.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Hits (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hits%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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