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enquire

[en-kwahyuhr] / ɛnˈkwaɪər /


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India's foreign ministry said consular officials had visited Pant "to enquire about his wellbeing".

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

After the defence ministry published a statement on the matter, "dozens" of other groups contacted the authorities to enquire about the scheme, Myronenko said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

“We went to several police stations to enquire, but they said they had no information on him and he was not in their custody,” she recalls.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024

"Following the no confidence motion, the IMF stands ready to engage with the Pakistan government and enquire about its policy plans," IMF's Resident Representative Esther Perez Ruiz told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2022

The officer was the very Mr. Denny concerning whose return from London Lydia came to enquire, and he bowed as they passed.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

District Judge Natasha Fitzsimmons enquired as to the outcome of those reports to police and the detective replied: "He was spoken to by officers and obviously took no consideration of what they told him."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Mike enquired and was told it was 34ft wide.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

He enquired about a connection to mains electricity but was quoted £27,000 by his supplier, SP Electricity North West.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

"We were told it was for the US deportees after we enquired," he said, adding the ministry had been kept in the dark throughout the process.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

She enquired after his health at dinner and made sure he got the choicest cuts, although I don’t think he noticed.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

She suggests, too, that an “expedition into morally deviant worlds can be good for the enquiring mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“He was constantly enquiring; some things he was pretty sure of, but much was in a state of enquiry,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

Sources told BBC Sport at the time of Kudus' move that he had prioritised a switch to north London despite at least six top clubs enquiring about the 25-year-old.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

He was unfailingly polite, even solicitous, enquiring about my family, and the journey to Syria.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

As to his real character, had information been in her power, she had never felt a wish of enquiring.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen


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