demanding

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The former is a federal law passed in the 1990s that requires organizations providing credit-repair services to provide written contracts and prohibits them from demanding advance payments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Workers are demanding salary increases, protection against subcontracting and job loss through automation, and are protesting FIFA’s collection of sensitive private information such as nationality and home addresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” the faculty wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Many hearings are canceled, leaving detainees waiting months for a court date,” wrote the detainees in their first letter demanding justice.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Blacks had been alternately asking for and demanding such a body for more than a year.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson