detected

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Called Debug, the project targets Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are native to Africa but have infiltrated nearly half of California’s counties since first being detected in the state in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

This outbreak wasn’t detected earlier because of a combination of diagnostic and security challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled after the drones were detected in Romanian airspace, the defence ministry said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

It is increasingly understood as a quiet, common, and dangerous disorder that can be detected earlier, treated sooner, and linked closely to some of the world's biggest killers.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Sometimes, in the days after a birth, I detected in her something of Judy’s heavy presence, in a forceful turn of her head, or the imperious arch of an eyebrow.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover