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Before retiring the officer provided a statement that he had called her to advise of the intended police response to a media query, and about how information about the case could be reported and used.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst, said asking specific questions can be more helpful than simply inputting a general query when using AI tools.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s the last query that re-emerges in “The Dog Stars,” although Scott says the postapocalyptic setting initially discouraged him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a query for comment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
So my characteristic stance is one of rotating slowly on one foot, eyes wide, garment in hand, asking myself, “Where have I seen the $9.96 Athletic Works knit overalls?” or similar query.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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The San Francisco-based AI lab also accused Chinese developers of deceptively using Claude to produce responses to user queries while simultaneously "distilling" that data to improve their own models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A county judge has even complained that Paxton’s office is not responding in a timely manner to queries about how the state wishes to proceed in court, now that multiple hemp businesses have filed lawsuits.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
The right answer is safeguards, not pretending a publicly visible plate is private: short retention, audited access, limits on data sharing, and a warrant for broad historical-tracking queries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And those are queries that must be addressed because, whether we like it or not, even dystopian rom-coms might point us in the right — or even new — direction.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Truthful responses to these queries were not likely to be well received by the rangers.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Monday’s research queried people about their jobs, how often they use AI and how they use it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
When queried by AFP about the Washington Post report, the White House sent a statement defending the new plane's safety.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Target, she’d be queried about where to find the Christmas decorations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
After the call, analyst Brian Finneran launched an informal poll on his Bloomberg Terminal in which he queried investors and other analysts about their preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“With all the forest to run in,” Taran queried, “how can we begin to search? She might have gone anywhere in Prydain.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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An October 2025 report from the Justice Department Inspector General found that the FBI has “implemented all of RISAA’s querying reforms” and that the number of noncompliant queries had been “reduced substantially.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
After the comedian riffs with the “patient,” the audience weighs in on the issue with green and red “thumbs up/thumbs down” paddles, often yelling out comments or directly querying the participant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Several cast doubt on Burnham's popularity among the Parliamentary Labour Party, with some querying if he would have support from the 80-odd MPs needed to trigger a leadership contest.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Wade, he suggested, may channel its efforts toward querying the morality and legality of editing human genes in the womb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
"I'll be querying them about the carriage, showing the false orders Willem created. I'll draw it out as long as I can, but you'll have barely any time, and they absolutely cannot see you."
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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