as in demanded
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once
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Many stations demanded a specific charging card or app that required a German address to register.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson have demanded that music from the movie Phantom Thread be removed from the Melania documentary, saying it was licensed by Universal Pictures without their permission.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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The seven-member commission plays a pivotal role in overseeing police reforms required under a memorandum of understanding between the city and the Justice Department.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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The attorney general at one point acknowledged that mistakes had been made as the Justice Department tried to comply with a federal law that required it to review, redact and publicize millions of files within a 30-day period.—
Ana Ceballos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The complaint, filed in federal court in Boston, alleges Harvard has failed for more than 10 months to provide individualized applicant data and other records requested by the DOJ as part of a compliance review under federal civil rights law.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
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In 2015, Epstein requested legal advice in one email exchange.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Clamored (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamored%20%28for%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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