swab
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The test could be performed using DNA collected from a blood sample or mouth swab.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
For $249, patients can order the test and mail in a swab, and after a few weeks they receive a GLP-1 “effectiveness score.”
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
The test requires screening through saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
These DIY test kits containing a vaginal swab will be sent out more widely at some point this year.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Dr. Jethro Hallam. I remember him just a little. He used to hold me on his lap, and once he give me candy because I didn’t cry when he had to swab my throat.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The detective later told Tamasi not to send any of the DNA swabs for testing, she said in her deposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
There were also issues before the World Athletics Championships when a group of Canadian athletes had to be retested after a reported 'test-tube error' meant their cheek swabs failed to comply with requirements.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
This approach revealed genetic material from PRV in archived throat swabs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
They wouldn't have had my statement from the time, they wouldn't have had photographs, and they wouldn't have had all the swabs and things that they took.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Mr. Landau dips a Q-tip into some blue water that he assures me is nontoxic and swabs my tongue with it.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
Tamasi swabbed for DNA samples in Spivey’s truck—door handles and such.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
When someone goes to their GP or hospital with flu-like symptoms, they can be swabbed and tested for influenza, Covid, RSV and other viruses.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
And though a forensics expert swabbed the interior of the yacht for explosives, there were no testing facilities on the island, said Allan Galbraith, the superintendent in charge of Operation Rainbow.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
While I swabbed the inside of my nose with the Q-tip, she got busy with cooking her hands.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
But immediately after the crash, investigators carried out the meticulous process of swabbing the interior of the VW Polo for any forensic samples that could link the driver to that seat.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Iwasaki cautioned against the idea that people swabbing their noses with Neosporin will be a cure-all in the future.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
I told Conboy the thought of swabbing my cheek and waiting for the results, which might be alarming, could keep me awake at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
So Humason took odd jobs at the observatory—electrician’s assistant, janitor, swabbing the floors of the telescope he had helped to build.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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