as in requesting
to give a request or demand for
the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople
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In addition to requesting repairs at the complex, tenants said they have been towed unfairly.—
Ginny Monk,
ProPublica,
27 Apr. 2026 -
That intrusion began with phishing calls to the company’s technology help desk by hackers who pretended to be employees requesting a reset of their authentication credentials.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Chaotic video obtained by FOX 35 shows local authorities ordering the teens to leave the area as police cars lined the roads.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Don’t leave without ordering the bread pudding for dessert, which is prepared in a deep fryer and is the perfect consistency.—
Anna Katherine Clemmons,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Requisitioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requisitioning. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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