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"Because it's the time of year, even now when it rains they'll ask "are we staying home, is it okay?
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Was I wrong to ask about a postnup?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Enough for the wise man who will ask no further.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
On Wednesday, the Encino Property Owners Assn. voted unanimously to ask Raman, Harris-Dawson and the rest of the council to hold a special election so that voters can choose their next representative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Her eyes are filled with the thousand questions she can’t ask out loud.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
When Carla Hoskins asks her 15 and 18-year-old sons to revise or do chores at their Hertfordshire home, she says she is sometimes met with: "You're triggering me!"
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Then he asks a multinational, billion-dollar company to do something for him, if they wouldn’t mind terribly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Alessandra Malito asks financial planners what might be missing from the adviser’s pitch, and what anyone considering an annuity should ask first.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Farther down into the thread, one X user asks, “Have you ever told a lie?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Will, are you all right?” asks Father, pulling me close.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Khawaja also said he asked for the entire team to take responsibility for the controversy in Cape Town, but his request was rejected by two unnamed players.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
At Mold Crown Court, some people called out that the sentence was too short, until they were asked to be quiet by a court usher.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
What was your initial reaction to being asked to play an AI actor?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
In one question, a vendor asked regarding the $20 fee, “Is this a typographical error?”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Then the auntie asked, “How does it taste?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
He’s an adamantly good guy and the way the film yanks on us is by asking if being a good guy also makes you an idiot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Kings are asking the right questions and inviting the audience to have conversations about this stuff in a way that’s really eye-opening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
In places where laws were already on the books, doctors couldn’t be prosecuted for prescribing it, but patients stopped asking for it.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Alexandra Kemp, an independent councillor, said she was asking her authority to amend its local plan.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“That’s him asking you to skip swim practice this week. Is that one heavy?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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