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"But when you're not offering market access, the onus is more on the demander -- in this case, the United States -- to show these other countries that there are benefits."
From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023
“Est-ce qu’ils vont me demander un autographe? Est-ce qu’ils vont m’arrêter?”
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
Mais dans quel but allons-nous demander à nos deux pays de nouveaux sacrifices d'hommes et d'argent?
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
"Voil� un vrai, beau militaire," said the sovereign to one of his aides-de-camp; "allez demander son nom."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
To which the witty monarch at once replied, "Madame, si vous avez besoin de savoir l'heure, allez done la demander au premier gendarme?"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 by Various
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