inquiry
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He’s even less likely to respond to that than he would an inquiry from the Surge.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
A dust-up over a parking spot in Idaho has prompted a judicial misconduct inquiry into a member of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Fiona Cottrell is reportedly at the centre of the inquiry being conducted by the Metropolitan Police.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the news of the murder inquiry was "really shocking" and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the circumstances "extremely distressing".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The third she set to the apple, locking its meaning in her mind onto the level that stood for a general inquiry of any sort.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Parliamentary inquiries in the U.K. have a history of taking down powerful figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But they said the program could have made a difference, providing transparency and immediate inquiries into civilian deaths.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
None of the agencies I contacted for this story replied to my inquiries about the status of the investigations—which, as with all unsolved homicides, officially remain open.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The force confirmed that those arrested remain on bail while inquiries continue.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
By July 1921, the justice of the peace had closed his inquiries, stating that Anna Brown’s death had come at “the hands of parties unknown”—the same finding as delivered in the Whitehorn inquest.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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