Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
procurado(a) pela redação
English translation:
(when) contacted by the newsroom
Portuguese term
Procurado(a)
Proposed translations
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
(when) contacted by the newsroom, (the mayor declined to make any comment)
https://www.google.com/search?q="contacted by the newsroom"&...
When contacted by the newsroom, Regional Commander Chief Brassard Bacchus, related that a file was sent to the director of public
Meanwhile, when contacted by the newsroom, Regional Health Officer Doctor Erica Fort did not wish to comment on the matter.
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Clauwolf
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Obrigada, Cláudio!
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Bett
: IMHO this is the best one
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Obrigada, Bett!
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Mario Freitas
: Boa, Ana!
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Obrigada, Mário!
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Nick Taylor
: I like it!
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Obrigada, Nick!
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Paulo César
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Andrew Bramhall
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Our reporters tried to contact the mayor, but...
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Simone Taylor
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Obrigado, Simone!
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Bett
: yes
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Obrigado, Bett!
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Our reporters talked to the mayor, who did not...
Competent, diligent, thorough, complete.
Native in: English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
When pressed by reporters, the mayor had no comment on ..,
Ex: "He pressed me to stay a little longer."
Ex: "Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep after the reporter pressed him repeatedly about his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-npr-interview-election-fa...
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Note added at 22 hrs (2023-07-24 19:30:10 GMT)
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It's possible to say he had no comment, and it's possible to say he offered no comment.
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Note added at 22 hrs (2023-07-24 19:57:50 GMT)
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"When pressed about this statement Wednesday, she had no comment."
https://www.wistv.com/2023/01/18/dr-baron-davis-out-richland...
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
to approach / canvas for comment -> after being approached
procurar: look for; seek; get in touch with, POR/ENG Collins.
Better ve careful about the translation ! A SPA/ENG translator has been sued for 'mistranslating' procurar + verb as seek or endeavo(u)r to, instead of shall ensure (AmE) insure that sth. was done.
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Andrew Bramhall
: Surely you canvass opinions, not comments?
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Discussion
"Procurado pela Pública, o prefeito Bruno Almeida não se pronunciou sobre o convênio." With no mention of Pública I shall withdraw my answer due to the arenque vermelho in the source text.
I can definitely see a distinction between his not commenting because he didn't want to comment versus his not commenting because he had no thought to offer... but neither of these distinctions is relevant, so that's why I'm wondering what the distinction is you are suggesting.
2. The mayor did not respond to requests for comment
This is an important distinction.
https://www.google.com/search?q="sought after by the press"
contacted by the newsroom: (52,300 res.)
https://www.google.com/search?q="contacted by the newsroom"
10 results with "when" added to the search query.
our reporters talked to: (2,190 res.)
https://www.google.com/search?q="our reporters talked to"
our reporters tried to contact: (9 res.)
https://www.google.com/search?q="our reporters tried to cont...