probe
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The EU launched the probe in June over concerns that Sanofi’s marketing in France and Germany amounted to disparagement campaigns against CSL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
To probe this further, we’ll be going back to Kariba in search of more fossils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
He announced other measures including the appointment of a dedicated staff member to support individuals reporting sexual misconduct, and inviting specialized New York State Police detectives to probe future sexual assault allegations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
For more serious scarring, dermatologists can recommend more aggressive treatments such as lasers that probe deeper into the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Last ping reply from probe received 04h24m ago.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
These tiny probes can detect activity from many nerve cells simultaneously, providing a detailed picture of how groups of neurons respond to information.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Chief Constable Mark Hobrough said the force would normally see two or three murder probes a year, but has launched 11 in the past 10 months.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The probes went to two other U.S. attorneys before Quiñones raised his hand to oversee it, people familiar with the assignment said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Instead of arguing back, Regan straight-up ignored me and continued attaching her simulation probes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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So while he gave senior international caps to 62 players during that span, he hardly probed the depths of the American talent pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Bubblemaps, which has probed other cases of suspicious activity on Polymarket, says its analysis isn’t proof of insider trading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Phillips was additionally probed by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly hiring a girlfriend to intern in Collins’ office.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"This was the first time that shock-compressed diamond was probed with X-ray diffraction all the way up to melting," said Millot.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“But he picked you up for school today?” she probed.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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As Hanns-Christoph Nägerl says: "The discovery of fractional Fermi seas shows how far we can push quantum simulation: not only reproducing known models, but creating and probing states that go beyond established paradigms."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“NAZA” eschews probing for guilty feelings, though, because the point is to unearth a process of obliteration: how it works and what it looks like as implemented by the willing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
ICE and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the case.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Police are probing any links to Iran, the paper says.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He watched the class like a hawk, suspicious, searching out cheaters or daydreamers, probing for weaknesses in the students and then exploiting those weaknesses.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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