31.   Ortega asked reporters during the campaign.

32.   Players are as curious as fans when trades seem imminent, asking reporters for the latest news.

33.   Republican leader Jim Brulte asked reporters last week.

34.   Seconds later, before he could even finish asking a reporter for his number, the phone was dead.

35.   Scott asked reporters at a news conference Thursday.

36.   Shoigu asked reporters.

37.   She even took time to ask a reporter from Arizona whether he had any knowledge of the desert fires that had burned near her home at Pinnacle Peak Estates.

38.   She was not averse to asking reporters who visited her for donations because the drop-in center that was run out of the restaurant operated on a shoestring budget.

39.   Still, Sparks would have liked a replay to substantiate his protests of innocence, asking reporters afterward if the television cameras had spotted any wrongdoing.

40.   Then he asked several reporters for a donation.