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In 1998, scientific analysis of a DNA sample from Dorothy’s maternal uncle confirmed that her third great-grandfather, Eston, was Jefferson’s youngest child by Hemings.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Last Saturday, the FDA said a sample of Taylor Farms lettuce had tested positive for cyclospora, appearing to provide the first laboratory link to the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

A recent sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico gave a false positive test result for the cyclosporiasis parasite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The BEA previously derived its legal data from an unpublished survey in the consumer-price index that had an unusually small sample size.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Every few months, Mrs. Wilkinson would round up the neighborhood children and distribute the sample toys Mr. Wilkinson had accumulated.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Gregory said Rothamsted's founders were "genuinely forward thinking" because they kept crop and soil samples.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

On Sunday, lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car, a Citroen minivan with a Berlin number plate, in the search for clues and taking samples of material from the ground.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

District Judge Ana Reyes, who in a hearing this month said she didn’t understand why the government won’t give the preservation group some soil samples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

If the discharge flow at the time of the test is insufficient to take a sample, it is not regarded as a fail, and no samples are taken for the rest of the testing period.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Cat tried to keep her expression casual, like it was normal to have thirty samples of ice cream—no big deal.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

A Times reporter sampled the beverage and found it overwhelmingly tasted like coconut water, without a hint of any other ingredients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Their comback album, Arirang, is a celebration of their roots - named after a traditional Korean folk song, which is sampled in the opening track Body to Body.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Anthropic sampled one million conversations of its own Claude chatbot in March and April and found that it displayed sycophantic behavior most often in conversations in which people sought relationship advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

However, during its investigation, the FDA also sampled and tested the company’s cheese.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

After about ten tables I'm stuffed, and we’ve only sampled a small number of the dishes available.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Miss Keeley said the Year Fours had been looking at environmental issues "in a global context" but the water sampling had "brought it home to Dedham".

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

One of the biggest challenges is sampling bias because animals actively guarding eggs are much easier to notice and photograph than species that provide no parental care.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

In response to a Wall Street Journal inquiry, Bayerl broke out a sampling of results for Yelp by year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Mary watched one day as a zalif examined the hole in her front wheel, touching here and there, lifting her trunk up in the air and back again, as if sampling the scent.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman