probe
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Gen. Rob Bonta to probe the circumstances surrounding Bostic’s death.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Paramount said its probe cleared Shell of wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Under growing pressure, the government appointed a special investigator to probe whether current and former soldiers should face criminal charges.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
She said the youth parliament's officials were at the time based in the same Edinburgh building as the SNP, and the SYP's chief executive Ben McKendrick told Murrell about the probe.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
She flailed her arms and legs until Dussel finally let go of his probe and...it remained stuck in Mrs. van D.’s tooth.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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