contact
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Ultimately the removal of presumption of contact was voted through.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
But a Columbia University research team has found that when water molecules come into contact with plastic surfaces, a key chemical reaction does in fact take place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Having received no answer, the contact sent a note in all caps a minute later: “LEAVE.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
If these enzymes are attached directly to the outside of a bacterium, they could allow the microorganism to digest the surrounding material while remaining in close contact with it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
I find Mom’s contact and press the phone to my ear.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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But as Bass hoped, the county did not secure the database that records contacts with homeless people or the system that matches people to housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that he couldn’t share any comments regarding the announced energy ceasefire as contacts continued, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online," he added, saying the man's "contacts and his activity on the internet are being examined".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Once TCIP3 brought the proteins together, they formed several additional chemical contacts with one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
I’d imagined showing him the ledgers filled with sales and the lists of new business contacts when he returned.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Bloomer contacted biologists and museum curators across the country, asking them to examine their collections for unusually large specimens.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The education ministry and the schools mentioned were contacted for comment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some POWs contacted him after returning home, offering military secrets for cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The BBC has contacted him and Campbell for a response.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
After none of the machines adequately cooled the room, one of Garfield's doctors contacted Professor Simon Newcomb, a scientist and mathematician who worked for the U. S. Navy.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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"Please verify the identity of the person you are looking for before contacting, tagging, or making accusations against someone."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Macklemore said he had spent the last week contacting artists who had used their platforms to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, regardless of the consequences.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
After months of contacting Meta, Instagram’s parent company, he said he got no meaningful response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
From then on he scrupulously avoided contacting either his parents or Carine, the sister for whom he purportedly cared immensely.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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