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Herson said people had been asking him about opening a site in Leamington, because of his experience of running one in Oxford.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

He said that starting with his first term, he had been asking, “Why aren’t we doing battleships like we used to?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Warsaw had been asking for the return of the Teutonic Order archives since 1948.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Meanwhile, Lynch, the Miami-based investor, had been asking the U.S. government to allow him to bid on the sabotaged Nord Stream Pipeline 2 if it came up for auction in a Swiss bankruptcy proceeding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Back in Port Tallon, the librarian had told him that Ian Rider had been asking for books about computer viruses...

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz