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contact

[kon-takt] / ˈkɒn tækt /




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Her family had made emotional public appeals for her safe return, describing the disappearance as deeply distressing and urging anyone with information to contact police.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

The medical-device manufacturer makes contact lenses and vision-care products through its CooperVision segment and provides products and services for women’s health and fertility through CooperSurgical.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Whether he’s pressing interviewers about their glibness or just holding eye contact for an inordinate amount of time, Cruise — the last movie star, as he’s been coined — is the definition of passion.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

This means banning profiling-based recommender feeds that lead to children seeing harmful content, as well as on reward-type mechanisms, and unsolicited contact from strangers.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Grandma is suddenly fidgety and can’t maintain eye contact.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

As soon as she notices a seat switch, she contacts the airline for a fix.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The team used GAGE-seq, a technique that can measure both gene expression and three-dimensional genome contacts within the same individual cell.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Galicia didn’t get the protection he needed, despite multiple contacts with police and city offices — by him, relatives and neighbors —regarding the empty dwelling next door to his on North St. Andrews Place.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

His team started calling officials, families, contacts in Kathmandu and anyone who might have been in touch with the climbers.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

At this critical moment, Gordievsky managed to persuade his MI6 contacts that the Soviets had misread NATO's intentions.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

“One time I thought I had a helicopter in my driveway,” said Nancy Monzidelis, a longtime Larchmont resident who has contacted the Federal Aviation Administration to no avail.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The FBI reports that over 1 million Americans contacted the bureau last year to complain that they’d been targeted by online scams of one type or another.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

He said he had contacted his landlord about the issue but was told nothing could be done to improve it.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Even so, she was surprised when a family member contacted the laboratory hoping to enroll her dying father in the clinical trial.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

“Is this the first time they’ve contacted you about this?”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

A solicitor representing seven of the families affected by Lucy Letby's crimes has said responsibility for the delay in contacting the police "lies squarely" with hospital executives.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

After contacting Martin-Baker, Bath was informed the offer was legitimate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The EU wants children's accounts to remain private, with "risky settings" disabled by default and unknown users prevented from contacting minors.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Paul Bostock, chief operating officer at Cardiff and Vale health board, said the request to pause scheduled surgeries and referrals had included contacting NHS England care providers to pause immediate surgeries.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

“Why do you think they’re contacting the King now?” she asked.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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