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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Trains to and from the airport were also halted and police asked the public to refrain from arriving in the area.—
Tamar Michaelis,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025 -
Hall requested spousal support and asked the court to terminate Haack's ability to receive spousal support from him.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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All the suspects are being questioned at police stations and have not been charged.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2025
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And perhaps most notably, past remarks of Kennedy seem to question a causal relationship between HIV and AIDS.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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While these two exhibits may feel distinct, for Suh, all of his work interrogates the boundaries between personal and public space, and the conditions that force transience or enable permanence.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Hess manages to unravel modern myths around childbirth and interrogates the technologies that mediate our relationship to it.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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