The phrase "asked in the wake of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a question or request was made following a particular event or situation, often one that has significant consequences.
Example: "The committee asked in the wake of the recent scandal for a thorough investigation into the matter."
Alternatives: "requested following" or "inquired after".
But the specificity and ferocity with which they are being asked in the wake of the Russian leak is new.
Among the questions being asked in the wake of the disaster was whether the local authorities could have done more to warn visitors of the risk this created.
Asked in the wake of the 1-1 home draw with Preston North End on Saturday if he expects to see Di Canio again soon, Miller replied cryptically: "I'm sure he'll be back.
In presidential palaces and defense ministries all across Latin America this week, the same question was being nervously asked in the wake of the military coup here that toppled President Jamil Mahuad: can it happen again somewhere else?
Last year, when Lt. Governor M. Jodi Rell asked, "In the wake of this tragedy, we are all left asking the same questions: How could someone do this?
Lost in Showbiz is forced to ask in the wake of the Oscars, which saw hacks moved to almost religious ecstasy by the portrayal of their profession in Spotlight.
The last word of the book is a fretful question, the kind you might hear, or ask, in the wake of a terrible accident: "O.K.?" And Rabbit was hardly alone.
That's the question many people are asking in the wake of a new forecast this week.
This is a question I've been asking in the wake of the Philip Seymour Hoffman news.
We have to ask, in the wake of the many promises and prospects following the Civil Rights and Black Liberation Movement, why is this?
Either way, the questions we should be asking in the wake of such violence are deeper ones: Why do so many Black and Latino young men feel a sense of hopelessness or despair?
