as in asking
to make a request of
she's always hitting me up for money
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However, as the show continues to capture audiences with a dramatization of one of the most notorious true crime cases in modern American history, the man responsible for the killings is asking viewers to consider watching with a skeptical mind.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Martinez joined Supervisor Jim Desmond in asking the board to make state funding for Proposition 36 a legislative priority.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas Department of Human Services spokesperson Gavin Lesnick did not respond to an email requesting clarification on the minimum allotments.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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That changed after Adair went to more than a dozen bars in the Madison area requesting to watch a women's sports game.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Here's to listening parties, to inviting people around to chat.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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But there's a strange intimacy to Talk to Me's premise, in which teens act tough by holding a mummified hand, declaring the titular phrase, and inviting one lucky spirit from the other side to inhabit their body.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Hitting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitting%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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