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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Both friends asked not to be named due to concerns about potential harassment.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025 -
The Food and Drug Administration, Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Agriculture Department, the Labor Department, the National Park Service, and the National Nuclear Security Administration have all asked ex-employees to return to work.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Israel Defense Forces’ chief of staff, Maj Gen Eyal Zamir, adamantly opposed the latest decision to take over Gaza City, and questioned the high-risk operation targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Some have questioned the logic of building an artificial surf lagoon so close to the ocean.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Scenes at a ball or in back rooms tend to race by so Knight can return to the action playing out in the streets, which means there’s not a lot of space to interrogate the various political and social movements characters get involved in.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, they were held for as long as 20 hours in a room at MIA, where they were interrogated by customs agents about their business dealings and wealth, and asked about other prominent members of Haiti’s economic elite.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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