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put in (for)

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as in to request

to give a request or demand for several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December

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Kyle Murphy, who’s lived in Evergreen Park with his wife and child for the past two years, supported the Elementary District 124 referendum and a $115 million bond issue requested by Moraine Valley Community College.

— Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Megan Katz, a librarian in West Hollywood who supported the registry and other antidiscrimination protections, requested a change in the new ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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Mountbatten-Windsor was also ordered to move out of the Royal Lodge, his longtime home in parkland near Windsor Castle.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Israel ordered residents to evacuate the gunmen's neighborhood and closed roads into and out of Hebron.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

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