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I think we've got to ask the question: how was it discovered?
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
A24 agrees to this, but Fielder is skeptical as to whether Holmes was aware of this ask, based on footage where she claims not to be making any money from the documentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I think great plays and great stories ask questions and don’t provide answers. And I think some of us are indifferent about AI, but I think most of us are ambivalent about AI.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Here is a breakdown of some hard questions the investor should ask, and other steps he should take while considering a very risky move.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He thought hard, and at last found the solution: he would continue on his way and ask the first person he met to do him the honor and dub him a knight!
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
There’s a chilling moment at the end of the film where somebody asks him, “Why have you accreted so much power?”
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
She soon breaks down in tears and asks him to turn it off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Evans shuts down Fielder’s line of questioning when he asks one of Evans’s collaborators about Theranos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
My sport-obsessed son, who already eats a healthy balanced diet, asks me about protein powder on a regular basis.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She asks when he’s going to pass on some of that cooking talent to our dad.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"How poor do you have to be for them to think that you will need some support?" she asked.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
On the earnings call, Barclays’s Lauren Lieberman said plans sounded “a little bit tactical,” while Jefferies’s Kaumil Gajrawala asked for clarity on the pricing strategy: “What exactly is the plan?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The families of the 8-year-old and 11-year-old asked that their names be withheld, police said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
During a 13 October debate with Turek, Hinson was asked about the Trump administration striking a deal with Russia to import 300,000 tonnes to the US, followed by several other shipments.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It had made me feel like I had a kindred spirit—until she asked out my crush!
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, posted a series of screenshots on X in 2025 that showed him asking Tesla for a refund of his Roadster reservation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
That proved handy during a recent flight to Rome, when a passenger a couple of rows down started asking for help shortly after takeoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The fact that you’re asking the question suggests that you’re inclined to take your benefits earlier and keep working.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Parents were initially told that all secondary-age pupils asking to use the toilet during a lesson would be escorted by a member of the pastoral team to the entrance of the toilet block.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’m not asking, because I don’t want to be a creeper.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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