as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner
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Arrest comes 40 years later Once they were done eating and interviewing Nash, the team asked him to go outside and look at some photos.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2026 -
The police are asking anyone with additional information about this incident to contact the Robbery-Homicide Division, Valley Section, Dets.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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Trump frequently questioned Joe Biden's fitness.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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Some questioned how handing out reprints of an editorial published in the ADA’s own journal, at the ADA’s own annual conference, could be construed as a violation of that code.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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Build a culture of intellectual accountability in which employees are expected to interrogate AI output rather than relay it.—
Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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On May 13, investigators with Dallas police traveled to Beeville, Texas, where Holloway is incarcerated, to get a DNA sample and interrogate him.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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