request
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The rule has exceptions: Courts can step in during emergencies, and Burns had filed an emergency request himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
During their separation, Brandon moved back in with Markowski, she wrote, and moved out again a month before Downer filed the request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Two lower courts had already rejected the request.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Marvell and Lumentum didn’t immediately respond to MarketWatch’s request for comment on the all-stock nature of the deal.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
His request was quickly denied, but the degrees surrounding his name were enough to gather a crowd of reporters.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Tejarat, Sadaf and Saab didn’t respond to requests for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Officials with the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment from AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Marvell and Lumentum did not respond to MarketWatch’s requests for comment.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The updated guidelines, which apply to bookings made globally from 20 November, state that hosts can now set seven standard house rules and add other "reasonable" requests.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
I can’t believe you finally responded to one of my chat requests.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The pilot said the crew was managing the ice but requested permission to climb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Last year, just before Christmas, Downer’s ex-husband requested a welfare check when he hadn’t heard from her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The stricken trains' last carriages have been removed from the tracks and the government has requested a court authorisation to repair and reopen the line, Puente said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
In some of the most fiery moments of the three-hour hearing on Monday, Reddington requested a plethora of evidence including the holdout juror's phone and phone records.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
And yet he had requested both Mae and me.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
According to a statement from the Winter Park Police Department, officers were contacted by a soccer league official requesting a response to a disturbance between the parents of a player and league staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Late last week, Bogen sent a letter to CDC Director Erica Schwartz requesting that the state’s deaths be counted and demanding answers on how the agency is tracking measles fatalities.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
A soft credit check is a legitimate way for a potential lender to assess your eligibility, but that doesn’t mean the third party requesting it is a legitimate lender.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The leaders of the A.I. industries are extremely unpopular and make bad messengers for requesting this sort of access.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
He told them they probably wouldn’t be able to get a telephone hookup for at least a year, since he just got his after requesting it forever.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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