swab
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Oxford maintained that he was innocent but agreed to give police a cheek swab for a DNA test.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
Vials such as these are used by medical professionals to transport swab samples taken from patients to laboratories for analysis, in order to determine whether the patient is suffering from an infection.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
I sat on the side of the tub while Rosaleen dabbed my arm with a stinging icy swab.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Nonprofit SecureBio monitors wastewater and nasal swabs to deter biological attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Davey said DNA swabs were trialled by ecologists from Yorkshire Water and the South Yorkshire Bat Group.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Researchers studied ice collected from the mummy's surface, meltwater from inside the body, and material gathered with numerous swabs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
When it was available, they also carried M-16 maintenance gear—rods and steel brushes and swabs and tubes of LSA oil — all of which weighed about a pound.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
He said: "Bat boxes and other known roost sites were swabbed to collect eDNA samples, revealing the presence of the rare migrant bat."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
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
He held up the head while Billy swabbed out the wound with weak carbolic acid salve.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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
They also conduct their own in-house testing, which can include extensive swabbing of surfaces, raw ingredients, finished products and areas where listeria is known to thrive, such as floor drains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
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
The innkeeper is collecting empty cups and swabbing the tables.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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