tracing
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Tracing the origins of octopuses has long been difficult because their soft bodies rarely fossilize.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Tracing anything to the federal government’s rules on mifepristone seemed all but impossible.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Tracing lipstick’s ruddy arc across the years, we can see how wildly its meanings diverge.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
Tracing the lives of three “daughters of China”—the author, her mother and her grandmother—the book illuminated 20th-century Chinese history in a way that was at once thrilling and alarming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Tracing the conservancy district boundaries, the lawyer showed where the dam would be constructed, and then ran down who owned each piece of land within the district.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
