establish contact

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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

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

Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, has not been able to establish contact with the Luna 25 spacecraft after it crashed into the moon's surface this weekend, making the country's first lunar mission in decades a failure.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 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