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as in to interrogate
to put a question or questions to
my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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as in to request
to make a request of
ask the salesclerk for assistance
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Recent Examples of ask
Whether for speaking up in a meeting, asking a question or submitting work that may not be perfect, women are far more likely to apologize for things that don’t warrant an apology.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Consider that professional baseball (45%) and high school baseball (40%) were the two top answers given by Japanese respondents when asked to name their favorite sport.
—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
When Harvick asked him if there was a dialogue between the two drivers after the incident, Busch didn't affirm.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The suspect, Steven Hannah, was still inside the home, and refused to exit when officers asked him to, officials said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
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She was detained by Italian police for questioning and interrogated for 53 hours over five days without legal counsel or an interpreter present.—
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While being interrogated, Christopher Eaves declined to answer questions from homicide detectives, police said.—
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One leader in the immigrant rights community, who is based in New York City and requested to remain anonymous to speak freely about what the immigrant community is seeing, said the messaging has prompted some people in her region to self-deport.—
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The group claims that the Trump administration's recordkeeping practices are inadequate and arbitrary, requesting federal courts to enforce better recordkeeping procedures.—
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After Fiala charged into the Edmonton zone with the puck, Laferriere got it and took a shot toward Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard.—
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Nearly two years after her initial sentencing in Idaho, Lori is now preparing for her trial in Arizona after being charged with one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 2019 death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow.—
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Early on during the ceremony, my brother-in-law, who was the officiant, paused to invite Sharon up to read her poem.—
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This week, Duke Energy invited The Charlotte Observer and other media outlets to tour the hydroelectric system, showcasing enormous energy generating units and the floodgates that protect dam integrity between Mountain Island Lake and Lake Norman.—
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However, financial markets are beginning to question whether this era of American exceptionalism is coming to an end.—
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Trump said the auto tariffs would be permanent throughout his term, but Murphy and other analysts question whether tariffs are being used as a negotiation tactic.—
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Musk and his hacker minions have blown into departments, demanding access to highly sensitive data in pursuit of finding waste, fraud, and abuse—often making cuts and promoting the reductions before fully understanding what was going on.—
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With the lawsuit, Poole and Cartwright’s father, Michael Cartwright, demand a jury trial.—
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Galen quizzes as another newly marked boy, somewhere between my 8 years of age and my brother’s 12, passes us on his way out of the enormous courthouse ahead.—
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Why are conjurers of the imaginary being quizzed about the essence of the real, or even the meaning of life?—
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“Ask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ask. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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