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investigate

[in-ves-ti-geyt] / ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪt /


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The National Students' Union of India called on the government to investigate the cause of the collapse and hold anyone found responsible to account.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

That made it especially useful for searching for signals associated with the ultralight particles the team wanted to investigate.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Natalia had said she had taken him to Russia to investigate a chain of clinics which advertised a new kind of stem-cell therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The electric vehicle company deployed its first Cybercabs in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night, prompting federal regulators to investigate whether the vehicle was properly certified.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

“Miss K, how are they going to investigate the school for mice?”

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

The committee rarely investigates senators and has not formally sanctioned a member in 19 years.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Slate staff writer Heather Schwedel investigates why lamination—a hallmark of an organized classroom—has such a hold on both kids and grown-ups.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

Alan Ritchson will pop in as a guest star, as Neagley investigates the mysterious death of an old friend.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Panorama investigates the academy trust where classrooms are silent and pupils can be sent to detention for looking out of the window.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

He just investigates on his own like he’s in an art gallery.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

But the NBA investigated, and last week commissioner Adam Silver leveled the punishment that includes banning Mr. Ballmer from the team for a year and the loss of five first-round draft picks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Though Awlaki's extremist preaching would come into sharper focus after 9/11, at the time the paintballing video was recorded he already had connections to al-Qaeda operatives and was shortly to be investigated by the FBI.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Officers in Baytown, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Temple and Pasadena also have been arrested, disciplined or investigated.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Leading the investigation was Wachtell Lipton partner David B. Andersk, a renowned lawyer first retained by the NBA in 2007 when the FBI investigated referee Tim Donaghy for allegedly betting on games he officiated.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Wegener investigated the many plant and fossil anomalies that did not fit comfortably into the standard model of Earth history and realized that very little of it made sense if conventionally interpreted.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Representatives of UTLA, the teacher’s union, have been investigating finances and other problems involving the school.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Then late last month, Elon Musk’s social-media network X published its own findings after investigating suspected Chinese influence operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

"In my project, I examined Boris's hair at a microscopic level, assessing the characteristics of the hairs and investigating whether there was any variation across different areas of the body."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Researchers are now investigating whether SET or other proteins that suppress PP2A can be targeted safely and whether doing so improves the effectiveness of standard glioblastoma therapies.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

After all the investigating I did with Yolanda and after I had lit not just one but several of Vivian’s cigarettes, which made me an eyewitness to her broken promise to quit smoking.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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