investigate
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He said it was there that deputies noticed the man’s SUV was in disarray and displayed a fake license plate, prompting deputies to investigate further.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Senator Ruben Gallego called for "an official oversight visit with the bipartisan Senate Delegation to the USS Lincoln to investigate the reported alarming conditions," in a post on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The council said it had a legal duty to investigate noise complaints and it had a duty to enforce the rules.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
She decides to investigate, despite being warned off by her boss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“We will also have to investigate you, Rulean. Considering you disappeared and left us to fend for ourselves. Why, how can we be sure you are not involved?”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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"Arnie is very curious, she investigates everything, and headbutts things," said Sear.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Lizbeth Gwisdalla, who said the department regularly investigates these types of online rental scams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
This change didn’t affect how the CDC detects and investigates outbreaks; for that it relies on a separate reporting system that collects case and genetic sequencing information from labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory, is a co author of the new study, which investigates the fossil and its evolutionary relationships.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
He just investigates on his own like he’s in an art gallery.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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"Those are mistakes and those are our mistakes, that is part of what is being investigated and that is part of what we've apologised for," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The events surrounding that night have been exhaustively investigated and recounted in numerous stories, documentaries and police investigations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
County Coroner Shante Sanchez, who investigated Rustici’s death, supports a full kratom ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
While the Wisconsin team developed and tested the new reaction system in the laboratory, collaborators in Colorado investigated the underlying chemistry to determine why the approach behaves so differently.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Even the second wife of Jacob Wender, Bobby’s grandfather, was investigated.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Australia's transport authorities said Friday they were investigating what went wrong after three near-misses in less than two weeks at Sydney Airport, including two in one day.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The health board said it was "investigating the circumstances" of the alleged breach that happened in a clinical area where staff access patient information.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As part of investigating the assault on SW, detectives learned that Brambles had been released from custody under California’s parole laws for elderly inmates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Our team spent a year investigating how this happened, drawing on a trove of leaked data, interviews and never-before-seen video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And it was the day I was to start investigating a new living arrangement.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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