asking

Example Sentences

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Justice Department, asking authorities to investigate alleged animal abuse on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Musk is asking investors to value the company at nearly 100 times that.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor pressed directly on that point, asking whether the search really occurred only once information was exposed to the government.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

We’re asking agencies to honor what Congress appropriated and President Trump affirmed: that federally funded research is the foundation of American competitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Anxiety punches me and a shard of irritation jabs me, that she’s asking about this again.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam