Example Sentences

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Some travelers remain concerned that they will be stopped at the border or that Customs officials will ask to search their phones or social-media accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He said people in Wales will ask where the progress is on funding or rail, and what the alternative is if "those requests have been rejected".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Push conflict, drama and personality above all else and eventually no one will ask what it is exactly it is that you do beyond posting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"We will ask for special powers -- powers to modernise police stations, and powers for the Armed Forces to help us control the prisons," she told AFP in Lima.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

“Don’t worry, Lupita, you will understand what the actors say. The theater we are going to has films in Spanish. I will ask Uncle Fidencio if you can come.”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty