trace
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The US Secret Service said on Friday it is "working around the clock" with private sector partners "to identify, freeze, trace, and recover funds" stolen from Binance.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"This figure may continue to increase as our teams work closely with law enforcement, issuers, blockchain intelligence firms and industry partners to trace and freeze additional assets," the company said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Some people trace the stock-market mania story back to the railroad boom in the 1800s, the South Sea Bubble in the 1700s or the Dutch mania for tulip bulbs in the 1600s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Her travel documents will be used to trace contacts and the authorities have urged the public to co-operate with health officials carrying out contact tracing.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Then hold practice drills until your people can disappear in that room without a trace in less than a minute.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Genetic studies have also established that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, leaving traces of their DNA in populations alive today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Teng also describes how the hackers used "a self-destruct mechanism that destroyed tooling and traces as they went, making it more difficult for us to trace and investigate".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Sunburst” traces the tedium and trepidation rock stars experience before, during and after taking the stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The root of the problem, some economists say, traces back to the tsunami of hiring after the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
His hands were in his pockets, and he smiled, all traces of his earlier anger gone.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The reason can be traced to the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But Britain's central role in slavery and mistreatment of its colonial subjects have traced the contours of the trip.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The researchers traced the discrepancy to a mistake in the city's geographic coordinates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dulkay traced Dementiev to a reconnaissance platoon of 12 Russian soldiers who were deployed on Yablunska Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
No one was completely sure if their money could be traced back to the German government.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
And among Latinas in particular, tracing the threads of this visual lineage reveals how gothic subcultures became a kind of cultural armor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"So our focus is on the contact tracing and ensuring that we know exactly where those contacts are."
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Experts say the imported cases in Kenya and Nigeria can be effectively contained through early detection, robust contact tracing and continued surveillance at borders and airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Of these, 108 were in quarantine in Kenya and tracing of the remaining 15 continued, it said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“A troika from Plinkst to the train station in Moscow,” she thought, tracing the journey back to England in her mind.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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