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The Israeli prime minister’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The next step would be an extraordinary congress of the 211 Fifa member associations, which would be held if one-fifth, or 43 associations, "make such a request in writing".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
A Southwest spokesperson directed MarketWatch’s request for comment about the evolution of the company’s turnaround plan to materials made public when the airline reported second-quarter earnings on July 22.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sometimes people get in touch with one request: “My grandpa wants to see it one last time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Calvin looked annoyed at the request, but Ella dug around in her bag and thrust a crumpled scrap of paper and the nub of a pencil into my hand.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Australia regularly sends specialist teams to the US and Canada, and vice versa, with many requests for what's known as "arduous fire crews": those who have fought fires in rugged and remote areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Adamopoulos did not respond to requests for comment.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Moroccan officials didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Neither Nvidia nor Moonshot responded to requests for comment from MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
And as the United States’ first athlete to compete at the games in hijab, I received a lot of additional media requests for interviews by myself.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Reached by phone, Rodenburg requested that questions be sent by email but did not respond to them.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
But it later responded to a similar prompt by ranking the products as requested, from “high confidence” to “low confidence/likely not U.S. made.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Morrison returned during Hansard's second song and then asked the Dubliner to play the song he had requested earlier, before joining in singing it.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Some guardians requested the government to ensure that eggs were included in the meals," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Should he have refused when other electrical agencies requested sanctuary for their workers?
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Instead of requesting new telescope time, Mason examined observations that had originally been collected for unrelated astronomy research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Irvine Police Department is requesting help from the public in identifying and locating a man suspected of vandalizing about 13 Teslas with spray paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ships would send an email to Houthi forces requesting permission several days in advance of crossing, crew members and maritime analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He added that he had also been receiving thousands of messages daily, requesting him to persuade Wangchuk to call off his fast.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Shortly after the cannon marked the evening, Captain Mackay sent his aide, requesting we go forth and pull Serjeant Clippinger from his amusements.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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