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[prohb] / proʊb /




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The Gates Foundation has launched its own probe into its Epstein ties that is being handled by the law firm WilmerHale, according to people familiar with the probe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Brazil also pushed back after a separate Section 301 probe released Monday proposed 25% tariffs on the country, calling the levies unjustified.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The row centres on James Hamilton's probe into the ministerial code breach.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Sentencing of Aspiration’s Joseph Sanberg to 14 years in prison moves the NBA closer to finishing its probe into whether the Clippers skirted the league’s salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Some of our most powerful sources are radar transmitters; a few are used for radar astronomy, to probe with radio fingers the surfaces of the nearby planets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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