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"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," he said, adding Moscow was "acquainting itself" with the joint statement issued in Jeddah.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

A priority, she said, was acquainting family members of the donors with the campus community and the students their loved ones had helped educate.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

Young Ryerson was acquainting himself with conditions in Upper Canada at first hand by living among the people.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold

So selfishly occupied was I with these reflections that I paid little heed to the words of Weymouth, who was acquainting Nayland Smith with the facts bearing upon the mysterious disappearance of Sir Baldwin Frazer.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax