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probe

[prohb] / proʊb /




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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

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

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

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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