traces

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Block, a Toledo, Ohio-based media company that traces its roots back to 1900, is now a family business divided.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The breakthrough traces back to an unexpected moment during a neurobiology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

He learnt his skills from his mother Barbara and "everything traces back to her kitchen", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Times columnist Patt Morrison, Smoglandia traces the rise, impact, and retreat of the city’s most insidious pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

What began as traces of oxidation in the corners of her eyes and in the folds of her flowing copper hair have spread across her, so that her sheen has dulled into pale acceptance.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman