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probe

[prohb] / proʊb /




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Federal regulators have opened a probe into whether the steering wheel-free vehicle conflicts with safety standards.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Kremlev repeatedly told associates he was worried about being targeted by a U.S. government probe, according to a person close to IBA leadership.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

By using a trapped calcium ion as a microscopic probe, the team has now observed the effect experimentally for the first time and measured its behavior in greater detail.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

"This is pretty deep here," she says, reading the markings on the probe.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

By noon the coroner was able to throw wet planks down and probe with a crowbar among the sodden heaps of charcoal.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

In 2024, the US said Russia had launched a satellite which it believed may be capable of attacking other such probes.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The first step toward that phase of the mission occurred on September 3, 2026, when both probes were separated from the transport module.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 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

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

“Is the fruit alive or dead?” he probes.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

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

“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

It is not the first time Inter Miami have been probed over transfer dealings.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The doctor’s cool fingers probed lightly along my skull.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Accident investigators probing an Amazon cargo flight crash in Miami are scrutinizing the speed of the aircraft, whether an airport safeguard might have helped prevent the tragedy and whether the weather played a role.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Vance said the United States was probing the wedding strike but cast doubt on Iranian reporting of the incident.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 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

With the Department of Justice, the SEC and state insurance regulators probing Mark Walter’s businesses, the Dodgers owner has a lot on the line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

I search for a way to pull back and be less probing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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