trace
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Schrager said the panel had confirmed she did not intentionally use or ingest Ligandrol, and she had proved that inadvertent environmental contamination from a minute trace of Ligandrol was to blame for the positive test.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
When studied alongside paleomagnetic evidence, these gases may offer a new way to trace how Earth's magnetosphere changed over long periods of time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
AI is making it easier for an employer to trace your online history, even if you tried to remain anonymous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
It also hinges on the interviewers, inspectors and epidemiologists willing to track down customers and trace ingredients back through their production and distribution networks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
I’d watched it dissolve like sugar in water, no trace.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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The documentary traces Manson to his troubled childhood and almost constant incarceration in youth facilities and jails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
After Bisignano left the bank, investigators from the legal department found digital traces of the spying activity, including records that showed email access, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead, they must search for chemical traces and other evidence that remain after the planet is gone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The group traces its roots back to the company’s founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But he found traces of paths whenever the one we were on disappeared.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Our expectation of fairness and our disdain for cheaters, expressed in laws across human cultures, can be traced to social primates—evidence that our sense of justice has deep evolutionary foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Health authorities in 2024 traced a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s hamburgers dressed with Taylor Farms’ slivered yellow onions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The researchers traced the myth back to at least 1967, when it began appearing in news reports.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many of these ideas can be traced back to the controversial thinker and tech founder Curtis Yarvin, who has been called the "founder of the Dark Enlightenment".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Betsie’s finger traced a pattern on the wooden sink worn smooth by generations of ten Booms.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Everyone I spoke with described the current process of tracing foodborne illnesses as laborious and slow and hampered by an absence of a unified approach.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
After 10 deaths, regulators are warning the public about air bags in used cars with components marked as made by a Chinese company, but tracing them is difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In a bid to boost tracing goods, the EU will make it mandatory from November 1, 2026 to provide reference details about the products.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In DR Congo, the health ministry says it has stepped up surveillance systems, contact tracing and treatment infrastructure, with dedicated centres in several affected towns.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
I sit here, tracing the face of the watch that my father gave me, trying to picture his smile, just as I did the first time I hid like this.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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