trace

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To the south lie the Bureau of Land Management’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where dune buggies and motorcycles trace arcs across bare slopes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“He was one of their best detectives ever,” said Eddings, the trace evidence expert and UT–Arlington senior lecturer, who often worked with Ford on murder cases.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

As he admired the innards of a primordial iPhone, Cook found himself surrounded by artifacts that trace the history of Apple from a startup in a garage to the most iconic company in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The US military's pararescue units trace their lineage back to a 1943 mission in which two combat surgeons parachuted into then-Burma - now Myanmar - to help wounded soldiers.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“This is a different version of the spell. The hot foot can trace your footsteps.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton