establish contact
Example Sentences
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Giving evidence at Leicester Court in central England, she said she blocked Wandelt on some social media but the woman continued to try to establish contact through a letter posted to her.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
During the following hour or two, the spacecraft will deploy its two cross-shaped solar-power arrays, orient itself with regards to the sun and establish contact with mission controllers on Earth.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2023
A public defender assigned to work on the case, Magnus Kelly Lourenco de Madeiros, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that he never managed to establish contact with Cavalcante after the 2017 murder.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
But on 19 August, Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said attempts to establish contact with Luna 25 had failed and it had concluded that the spacecraft had collided with the lunar surface.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
The site, described as a system for matching people who want to establish contact with their “next-of-kin by birth,” seemed reputable and aboveboard—nonprofit, no fee required.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
