trace
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The researchers performed experiments in zebrafish to trace what happens to sorbitol inside the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
She said the phrase "leave no trace", cited in the code, had been associated with beauty spots "for so long" but was "just as relevant today".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Visits to both buildings with listed addresses for Freight Care revealed no trace of the company’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some investigators trace the younger sibling effect to “situated learning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Not a single trace of smoke curled through the sky.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Even hundreds of miles above Earth, traces of the planet's atmosphere remain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Another drone was reportedly found weeks later near the airport, also with traces of an explosive substance.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The first theory traces back to the same underlying factor that causes the stock market to perform poorly in September: a big uptick in seasonal affective disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Five years after Kabul fell, WSJ Opinion’s new documentary traces the way one decision produced disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Until she went into hiding, this was where she went every day, leaving traces of herself behind, I hope.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
They traced the photographs he used to another man’s social-media account and then presented their evidence to their mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The researchers traced the problem back to inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
They traced the sound back to the cistern and climbed up about seven feet to its small opening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
BBC Verify has traced the path of the deadly flash flood using verified videos and satellite imagery.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Then she set out her sketchbook and her Institute handbook and traced her fingers along its emblem—the five-pointed star.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
The priority now is delivering aid, recovering loved ones, tracing missing relatives and reunifying separated children, the UN's humanitarian agency says.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Iranian economic journalist Ata Hosseinian echoed the warning days later, tracing the fuel shortages and long gas-station lines directly to the blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
By tracing the origins of enzymes during the earliest split between bacteria and archaea, the researchers found evidence that free-living cells may have originated independently twice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
After a few blocks on Reseda, Papas turned back into the neighborhood centered around Etiwanda and started tracing loops across the blocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The star ran one pale forefinger up and down the silver chain that went between them, tracing the line of it about her slim wrist, and made no reply.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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