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trace

[treys] / treɪs /






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The suspect was not known to police and there is no trace of him on any of the PSNI's national security databases, Boutcher said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

But the ideological and philosophical lineage of these people is not difficult to trace.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

More than 200 pieces trace the history of this aspect of his career and the way it influenced his most iconic work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

His eyes held a trace of that heartbreak, as if he were seeing all that suffering for the first time.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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