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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 kit contains a swab which is used to collect a sample at home before it is posted off for testing free of charge.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

He closed the cut-throat razor, put it down on the side of the sink, dabbed at his tiny cut with a toilet paper swab.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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

To avoid contamination, Dana puts on a face shield and opens the kit, which is a rectangle-shaped box that contains items like paper bags to store evidence and swabs for collecting biological samples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

This approach revealed genetic material from PRV in archived throat swabs.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

The swabs containing odours had been rubbed under the armpit, behind the ear, and between the toes of the owner or stranger.

From BBC ● May 28, 2025

After nine years—in April 1957—Joey finally achieves twelve consecutive negative swabs for Hansen’s disease, and she is allowed to leave Carville.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Last year, the U.S. introduced HPV testing, where samples are swabbed from the vaginal wall rather than scraped from the cervix, as a less invasive alternative to the pap smear.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

Hambo and Pearson had full charge while the others helped out with turning the meat now and then while Hambo swabbed it all over with the sauce.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Nurses and doctors wore biohazard suits and three layers of medical gloves when they entered his room, swabbing him for virus up his nostrils and in other sites like his eyelids twice a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

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

I have been working hard too, shoveling coal, swabbing the deck, & doing other chores.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman