investigate
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But Mejia said that with just five investigators, it’s “next to impossible” to investigate all of the 700 waste, fraud and abuse claims his office receives each year.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“We do of course monitor and investigate and refer all threats, assaults and obstruction of our officers to the appropriate law enforcement,” DHS said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Legal experts say such a decision lends credibility to witnesses in a criminal court and may have an impact on the way police investigate a case.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
"In this article, we investigate the possibility of gravitational waves -- which are believed to have been ubiquitous in the early universe -- being partially converted into dark matter particles," Kopp explained.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 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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