as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner
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Footage of the incident shows King Charles greeting dozens of residents when one man shouted at him, asking whether the monarch had urged police to investigate his disgraced brother, according to The Times.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026 -
But for those interested in fashion history, these red carpet looks are key texts just asking to be pored over.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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In this drama series, two friends recently divorced and widowed explore their new single lives with teenage children while questioning the possibility of a romantic future.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Feb. 2026
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Police questioned Barbosa after Arzola’s arrest.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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Lubesnik is the one called to interrogate the first of several crime scenes in Crime 101, which will put him on an eventual collision course with Davis.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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