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[prohb] / proʊb /




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Last month, another senior counsel, Kurt Olsen, who had joined the probe from the White House, resigned from the inquiry, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The White House said a “committee of inquiry” will probe claims that Cook made “false statements in connection with one or more mortgage instruments.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Refuting claims that the exits were related to safety, the AI firm said an internal probe had uncovered "a significant breach of trust" beyond what they had disclosed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Investigators continue to probe whether al-Hammami had accomplices or other support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Then, instead of giving up, they made another probe to resupply Hermes.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

She also contended that substantial FBI resources were diverted to such probes, and that she was retaliated against for questioning their legality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Fortune's death left the local community on edge and lawmakers demanding federal probes.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

An inquiry commission set up to investigate the violence submitted its report in April and recommended further probes against several officials including Oli.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Pulsar timing arrays are usually thought of as probes of supermassive black-hole binaries in the relatively recent Universe," said Ilie.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Then he picks up two probes hooked onto wires coming from the front of the oscilloscope, a red one and a black one.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

But the report includes details that investigators have probed in an effort to determine a cause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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

A journalist at the Times Higher Education magazine who probed the claims of plagiarism was reported to the police by Arday for alleged harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the evening, when Moon Orchid seemed quieter, her sister probed into the cause of this trouble.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

“NAZA” eschews probing for guilty feelings, though, because the point is to unearth a process of obliteration: how it works and what it looks like as implemented by the willing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

British police are still probing how and why five masked men were near Fairford air base last week after driving from London in vans containing barrels of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

ICE and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Right now the bond markets are like a pack of wolves stalking red deer, probing for weaknesses.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

When you begin probing into the origins of aids and Marburg, the light fails and things go dark, but you sense hidden connections.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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