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Syracuse trustees are beginning to ask: Should the school retrench and redefine itself as a smaller, regional school instead of striving to hold on to its reputation as a national powerhouse?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
In 2022, Australian Open doubles champion Nick Kyrgios complained that a fan was triggering his asthma by smoking courtside, prompting the umpire to ask supporters to refrain.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
They are supposed to have the same rights to ask questions and seek information as commercial journalists.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
That could compel an owner to ask the city to contribute to the cost of building a new stadium in exchange for the return of the Anaheim name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I ask him, clearing the coffee table of the pile of dirty dishes that always seem to accumulate on it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
He’s known for hosting grueling hours-long meetings where he asks endless follow-up questions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
A passerby peers over the fence and asks, “with a wide grin: ‘Is she in there?’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Girl Scouts does offer its own national “My Promise, My Faith” pin, which asks girls to explore the relationship between the Girl Scout Law and their own beliefs.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
"How can somebody say it's not German enough, and what does it mean?" asks Frank Martin Widmaier, director of a local theatre in the town of Eisleben.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Do you need milk or sugar?” she asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Batting conditions had been difficult all day and it would have been another challenging period for the home side had they been asked to return for a short time late in the evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Survivors from across California came to Sacramento and asked our elected representatives to stand with the people whose homes, communities and lives have been devastated,” Joy Chen, executive director of Every Fire Survivor’s Network, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
In response to their distress aboard the Lincoln, Fox News host Joey Jones asked a heartless question: “How weak are you?”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The researchers then asked whether the metabolic patterns seen in dogs also appeared in people.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
"How are we ever going to get out of here?" he asked himself out loud.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
These sorts of questions are a lot easier to answer for a child, he says, instead of asking what they did.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
She’s seen others pay a price for being edgy, so for breezy chitchat she sticks to asking about summer travel or new movies on Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I think what you’re really asking when you’re talking about choosing an adviser from a brokerage or an independent is who you can trust.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Our group is now digging into that question by asking whether animals that change their behavior in response to human pressures are at greater or lower risk of dying."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I picture us on a date all the time but can’t get around to asking you. I’m hoping to work up to it.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
