Example Sentences

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Another option for locating your detained relative is contacting their country’s consulate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

The hospital said it was working with patients and their families to get them care and is contacting the 38 patients on the liver program transplant list and 346 patients on the kidney transplant list.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Once research is done on the hallmarks, the next step often is contacting a dealer or an auction house.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The attorney general's office is contacting tenants to confirm that they've received the claims form, according to spokesperson Aleithea Warmack.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2023

But Ms Gray is contacting the ones she wants to name, ahead of the publication of her report, which is expected to be next week.

From BBC • May 20, 2022