investigate
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The company said it is working with the target of the hack, AI startup Hugging Face, to investigate the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The device was primarily designed to investigate fundamental physics and demonstrate a behavior that had never previously been observed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The attorney general’s office has not responded to questions about whether it received the complaint or whether it would hire a special prosecutor to investigate it, given that it involves the attorney general himself.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
"We've created a specialised task force to monitor social media closely, especially short video platforms. They will investigate and handle these cases quickly, cracking down in a very strict manner".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We must investigate that rock formation. I was sent here to explore all places of possible interest,” I say.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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WSJ’s Tomas Navia investigates how the company unraveled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory, is a co author of the new study, which investigates the fossil and its evolutionary relationships.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Houston’s police department, which was not present when Salgado Araujo was shot, is not currently investigating, nor is the Department of Public Safety, which regularly investigates police shootings in the state.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Rippon, who is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Neuroimaging at Aston University in Birmingham, wrote The Lost Girls of Autism in 2025 in which she investigates why women have been overlooked for so long.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In relation to judicial rhetoric, he investigates what we mean by justice and fairness.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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That view was challenged by scientists who investigated the biology of psychotic thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The researchers also investigated why lifestyle intervention appeared to provide less protection for people in cluster 5.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A number of state insurance regulators investigated the purchase in 2014 and found no irregularities, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
What has been less investigated, at least until this week, is how deep the personal relationships ran — specifically, the friendship between Andrew Tate and the president’s 20-year-old son.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I told him I investigated the accident and that you just skidded on a wet street.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Shein Group’s U.S. business operations, according to the Singapore-based fast-fashion retailer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The company didn’t disclose what the FTC is investigating, or when the probe began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Police only began investigating in March 2024 after being contacted by someone over concerns for "the deceased" at the business.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It said there was no place for antisemitism or hatred at the university and they have "robust procedures" in place for investigating allegations of antisemitism.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
After diving down to the sunken vessel, Throckmorton returned to the surface boat almost as excited as he had been after first investigating the Gelidonya wreck.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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