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[kon-takt] / ˈkɒn tækt /




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The regulations also ban virtual relationships with minors and require companies to alert a person’s emergency contact if they detect an emotional crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Ideally, officials asked customers to place the plant inside two trash bags and keep them closed, and immediately contact their local country agricultural commissioner’s office for further instructions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

“You probably have access at work, or where you bank. You can get in contact with a professional to guide you, and not feel like that’s just for other people. It’s a form of self-care.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, can cause severe bleeding and organ failure.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

She stared up at the boy, forcing herself to make eye contact, to hold it even though a part of her was cringing deeply with embarrassment....

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The Fed’s beige book is a collection of anecdotes from the central bank’s contacts across the country and is designed to give officials a sense of conditions on the ground before they meet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Now they turned around for the Dominican Republic, where they waited for 15 hours for diplomatic contacts to get them clearance to try again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

More than 10,000 contacts of infected people are being monitored, at a follow-up rate of 82 percent.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

It assumes that the same genetic mechanism would still have been at work nearly 200,000 years later, at the time of the final contacts between Sapiens and Neanderthals.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

“Where are your contacts? And remember when I showed you how to do kaajal?”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Thompson told the court that Williamson had contacted him at the end of last year.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

I was recently contacted by the brokerage firm that manages about $500,000 of my investments.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Rory Dowse said when they initially contacted the exam board told them they had already been considering one-handed music for Grades 1-5.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Security contacted Stop AI with the news, and Hall rushed to the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Luckily, the woman contacted Ann, who investigated the incident and determined that the man’s truck had broken down in the lot and that he had used the woman’s telephone to call a garage.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Hopkins registered the trademark in 2018 and began contacting authors who had also used the descriptor — and the list was long, because the cocky, arrogant hero is a romance trope.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

"These images started spreading like wildfire... and then the media started contacting me for a response."

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

He started by contacting social services who then directed him to the Salvation Army — the Christian movement.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Other people may have been exposed at nearby health facilities, which are contacting their patients and employees directly.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

I couldn’t call her without a plan—a plan and a really good excuse for not contacting her sooner.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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