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Oxford maintained that he was innocent but agreed to give police a cheek swab for a DNA test.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"By taking a surface swab approach, we've been able to monitor a far larger number of bat boxes in a very short space of time," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The test could be performed using DNA collected from a blood sample or mouth swab.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

For $249, patients can order the test and mail in a swab, and after a few weeks they receive a GLP-1 “effectiveness score.”

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

She’s wearing a halter and I hold on to it, but mostly she stays still as I swab out her nostrils and swaddle her throat in flannel.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Researchers studied ice collected from the mummy's surface, meltwater from inside the body, and material gathered with numerous swabs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

The detective later told Tamasi not to send any of the DNA swabs for testing, she said in her deposition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

A second stage of the analysis has already taken saliva swabs from women to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

Heller said that state park and wildlife officials took swabs of his board on the beach to analyze the shark DNA and then asked to take his board to analyze the shark bites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025

He took out all the bandages and swabs and put them in an old mug from the kitchen.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

He said: "Bat boxes and other known roost sites were swabbed to collect eDNA samples, revealing the presence of the rare migrant bat."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Tamasi swabbed for DNA samples in Spivey’s truck—door handles and such.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

And though a forensics expert swabbed the interior of the yacht for explosives, there were no testing facilities on the island, said Allan Galbraith, the superintendent in charge of Operation Rainbow.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

I crossed the street to the drinking fountain, feeling the water cooling, going down, then dampened a handkerchief and swabbed my face, eyes.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

They also conduct their own in-house testing, which can include extensive swabbing of surfaces, raw ingredients, finished products and areas where listeria is known to thrive, such as floor drains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024

Prof Walsh, who has studied drug-resistant superbugs for 25 years, said there “should have been intensive swabbing and staff should have been more vigilant” after the bacteria was first detected in November 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

Iwasaki cautioned against the idea that people swabbing their noses with Neosporin will be a cure-all in the future.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024

I have been working hard too, shoveling coal, swabbing the deck, & doing other chores.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman