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probe

[prohb] / proʊb /




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That gives PTA observations an unexpected ability to probe extremely ancient populations.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

In 2023, the California Department of Justice launched a civil rights probe into the practices by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department that led to the spike in in-custody deaths.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The leader of North Lanarkshire Council's SNP group has been readmitted to the party, after a probe into her handling of complaints about former council leader Jordan Linden.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

The UK probe will look into whether TikTok is doing enough under UK law to protect children from harmful content.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Why Gebu permitted his occasional visits to their house was a mystery Ranofer had never cared to probe into.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

To investigate the effect, the team used specialized microscope probes to map the shape of the wrinkles and measure local electrical energy and current.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The lightning-quick sale of the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner comes as Mark Walter faces federal probes into allegedly conflicted insurance loans.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

These quasiparticles serve as highly sensitive optical probes that can reveal both the crystal itself and the collective motion occurring within it.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The party has long grappled with venal insiders—including antigraft inspectors—who leak secrets about corruption probes in return for bribes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The seismology section had a million probes down here, with a ninety-nine point eight success rate at predicting the magma flares.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Phillips was additionally probed by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly hiring a girlfriend to intern in Collins’ office.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

Walter’s system is now being probed by federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, including whether the connections were properly disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

"This was the first time that shock-compressed diamond was probed with X-ray diffraction all the way up to melting," said Millot.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

“It’s easy to imagine that in six to 12 months, every application that’s facing the internet in some way is being probed by a genius-level cybersecurity attacker in the form of an agent.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

He probed me with these eyes, searching my thoughts, my spirit.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

A nurse, who was visibly unsettled and asked not to be identified, told AFP that the hospital was probing the circumstances of the fire and "doesn't want its reputation to be damaged any further".

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Instead of gently probing nuclei, researchers collide them at the highest energies available and reconstruct their shapes from the patterns left behind.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

It is uncertain whether that would satisfy the federal agencies probing potential wrongdoing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Police are now probing how the thieves were able to enter the museum without triggering its alarms and who may have been responsible.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Though at this distance she couldn’t see his eyes clearly, she felt his gaze on her, probing, questioning, lingering on her eyes, her lips, her face.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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