examine
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Plus, we examine why Big Tech’s AI spending is $3 trillion higher than it seems, and how Burger King overtook Wendy’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Locatelli said having two perspectives meant they could examine food from "360 degrees".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In their coalition agreement for governing the city, the Social Democrats and liberals pledged to expand public toilet provision and examine whether public toilets could be made free for everyone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“There’s a sophisticated method to examine the strokes to examine how it was made and what kind of tools were used,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I felt like this doctor’s job was to examine my every move and judge it, so I didn’t really want to look like a wimpy little kid who needs his mommy with him.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
A counterfeit works only until someone examines it, and Judge Williams already has.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sosnick quotes a post on LinkedIn by Henry Schwartz in which the vice president of market intelligence at Cboe examines trading in S&P 500 options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The record examines the collapse of her marriage to actor David Harbour in unvarnished detail.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
She examines her hands next, bloated and twisted as driftwood, but she cannot reclaim them.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Nevertheless, Fiona had her lamb examined by a vet and said her "heart sank" when a test for bluetongue came back positive.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those and other purchase obligations at the companies the Journal examined stand at a whopping $1.9 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Satellite images examined by BBC Verify show shrunken glaciers, scorched areas left by wildfires, green fields turned arid and lower river levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Researchers also examined the basisphenoid, a bone positioned near the braincase, and found several distinctive characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
He picked this one up and examined it.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Investigators are examining the incident more broadly, including technical, operational, medical and human factors, and it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to plunge.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"We are also examining how much can be transported by road, via alternative routes."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Los Angeles County election officials are examining steps ahead of the November midterms to respond to the rising popularity of election trading via prediction markets, including a possible ban on wagering for county election workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Walter, the 66-year-old CEO of Guggenheim Partners, is in the crosshairs of a federal investigation examining the inner workings of his financial empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was a specimen on an examining table.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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