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South Cumbria support group Menopause Matters is holding an online forum for World Menopause Day, inviting people to share their experiences and ask questions.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The actor said she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to ask if she would voice the personal assistant function; she declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s still unclear how much Tesla will ultimately ask for the Roadster or how much optional features could cost buyers — some of whom decided not to stick around and find out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
We didn’t ask AI what Elon would say.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
And if I went anywhere with new guys I’d met in school, I didn’t ask rez friends to join us.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
“Why would I deceive you?” she asks the filmmaker, looking like a cartoon character called Lyin’ Lizzie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself?” she asks him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Do you know August Wilson, the playwright?” he asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
When asked about the contract with UK company Apetito Limited to provide hot school meals for government primary schools across Jersey she said it was the "best available option".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Pretty good,” Trent, USC’s star freshman receiver, said on the sideline when asked about Grant’s touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
But the city’s chief administrative officer and chief legislative analyst in September asked for more details, calling information about the contracts “limited.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He asked the press secretary, who graduated from law school at California's Pepperdine University in 2011, if she ever retook the bar exam.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
She wanted to do the thing he’d asked her not to do and run off.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In June, Dennis Quaid decided to say farewell to his longtime Los Angeles abode, listing it for $5.2 million before cutting $500,000 from the asking price on Sept. 29.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 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
"Without it I'd struggle more with speaking to people and asking for the help."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Anyone working for him now is just asking for trouble.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“An example might be him asking you to help with one of his jobs after school.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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