investigate
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Someone noticed a foul odor coming from the car and detectives arrived at the tow yard to investigate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
That being so, Congress certainly has the power to investigate, if that’s what the president’s doing.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
After gathering initial evidence, including tip-offs, we sent undercover reporters to investigate how willing immigration advisers were to help people make up false asylum claims.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
To investigate, researchers built a catalog of individual whales using opportunistic sightings and photographs contributed by the public between 2018 and 2023, along with more structured surveys conducted from 2023 to 2025.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
I watch it investigate the pizza scraps strewn across the ground.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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