'Can you call Bob's surf shop and see if they carry Mr. Zog's Sex Wax?'

'Please find out if Bob's surf shop carries Mr. Zog's Sex Wax.'

A few of the terms in the header image on the article seem perfectly appropriate to me depending on context, but I'm probably thinking of them being used literally (reaching out as in contacting, incentivising as in more money paid, deep dive as in RCA) and have insufficient exposure to the BS versions to comment - so, I'll stop!

Eg if you ask someone to call bobs surf shop and they don’t answer they might stop there or call back later. If you ask them to reach out they might go down there and see them, set up a meeting, speak to a friend that works there, etc.

That's where you can use the more general and succinct term, "contact".

"can you reach out to Carol and see when that will be done" vs "can you ask Carol when that will be done?"

Ever since Walking Dead came out, "reach out" evokes thoughts of hordes of zombies grabbing for me.