Example Sentences

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I would only talk to my bank once I had contacted the actual number on their actual website.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

A former employee had contacted the regulator as a whistleblower, the people said, alleging those in the program lacked the proper licenses that work would have required.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Residents and postal workers had contacted him, Ranger said, about delivery problems which he had raised with UK government business minister Blair McDougall.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Aflaki said Soleimani Afshar had called him about a week ago asking for advice because the FBI had contacted her with questions about where she lived.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Plus, there was the fear of the unknown— I still didn’t understand why Cherry’s attorney had contacted me.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry