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[prohb] / proʊb /




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The review is preliminary, and it isn’t clear whether it will lead to a full-fledged probe, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Residents living near RAF Fairford say they have been "left feeling like sitting ducks" at the centre of major counter-terrorism probe.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The end of the probe should remove some of the discount on Julius Baer’s shares due to a “manageable” outcome, RBC says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In the first phase of its probe, the regulator looked into several loans granted to collapsed Austrian real estate empire Signa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

"We'd shoot for a near-Earth rendezvous. It's a lot easier than getting a probe to Mars, that's for sure."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Fortune's death left the local community on edge and lawmakers demanding federal probes.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

At a California Federation of Labor event on Dec. 3, Regan told Orr that “state council better endorse this measure by Jan. 1 or I’m coming for you,” she told investigators in both probes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

An inquiry commission set up to investigate the violence submitted its report in April and recommended further probes against several officials including Oli.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Pulsar timing arrays are usually thought of as probes of supermassive black-hole binaries in the relatively recent Universe," said Ilie.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Leaning forward, heads down, they used the butts of their weapons as probes, wading across the field to the river and then turning and wading back again.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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

“What else do you like to watch on television?” she probed.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

ICE and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Right now the bond markets are like a pack of wolves stalking red deer, probing for weaknesses.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Does she care about Leo, or does she want to keep probing that pain and that trauma?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

She looked down at the child, who had quieted some, and was now staring at the Witch in the same way that she had stared at the Grand Elder—with a calm, probing, unsettling gaze.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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