locate
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Everyone onboard survived the impact - but passengers struggled to locate life vests and rafts as the plane rapidly sank.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A U.S. judge signed the arrest warrants Saturday, and U.S. marshals were able to locate the brothers through social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
To locate the immune cells that were "partying all night," as Macauley described them, the researchers also used a technique called light sheet microscopy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The devices scan the plates of passing vehicles, which police say enables them to locate vehicles reported stolen or linked to criminal suspects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He used the city directory to locate a furnace company and requested an appointment with an experienced man.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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When a store puts in an order, a robot locates the correct bin, grabs the tote using extendable metal arms and carries it to a glass elevator that delivers the item to a human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Ms Wall locates the former burial sites using press images, local stories and flowers left on posts but said she had learnt to identify “very clear signs”.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
He still lives in Seattle, consults for transportation clients, and joined the board of a company that locates underground utility obstacles, like those which delayed the new Tacoma Link Hilltop Extension streetcar.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
The section of “Mandate for Leadership” dedicated to laying out a program for the future Trump Justice Department locates the discussion of the federal death penalty in a broad but familiar context.
From Slate ● May 14, 2024
Once he locates one, he sits down at the table in the kitchen to write a note to his parents.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The theater, located on Sunset Boulevard, became known for its 86-foot-wide, curved screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet located in another star's habitable zone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Boats typically travel by sea before reaching a river to arrive at Port Kaituma, which is located in the depths of a dense rainforest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
American drone boats attacked an Iranian submarine and ship facility at a naval base located on the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month in a kamikaze mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I located what I believed to be Jupiter, glowing a bright orange.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sought the public’s help in locating an escaped prisoner who was captured in Mexico last week but was released by a Mexican magistrate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is a case study in agglomeration effects - the economic power of locating similar types of jobs close together.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Earlier this year she declared on Instagram, “I am in need of a kidney,” and stressed the urgency of locating a compatible donor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
United States, a 2018 case involving cellphone tower locating data, Chatrie made clear that the third-party doctrine just doesn’t make sense when it comes to smartphone data privacy.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Since its invention, one of the most important uses of sonar, particularly the underwater ocean tool known as side-scan sonar, is its use in locating sunken ships and artifacts that lie within and around them.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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