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[prohb] / proʊb /




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"The newly discovered soft X-ray component provides a new probe, indicating that the fast X-ray transients are also electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave sources and may originate from compact object mergers," said Professor Troja.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The manager of the dump was arrested on Monday as part of a corruption probe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The long-running Scottish Hospitals Inquiry's probe into patient safety issues at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus has heard concerns about missing medical records and about how information was recorded.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

That probe cited significant efforts by the mine to improve safety, including rules prohibiting private security officers from carrying weapons, Barrick said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It was best not to probe, not to intrude, I thought.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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 Justice Department hasn’t concluded whether to bring additional charges against Castro, they said, adding the investigation is ongoing and such probes take time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

Sanft recounted decades of probes and noted that prior investigations did not take his client’s statements seriously because they were not credible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

She paused, eyeing us both so we knew just how much she disapproved of our yanking at our expensive simulation probes.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

After pinning Azan Awais with his first ball, the seamer probed Masood's outside edge from round the wicket before switching the angle of his attack in his third over.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

He probed the murk before them with his walking stick.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies has warned the Kremlin may be probing for air-defense gaps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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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