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probe

[prohb] / proʊb /




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An independent probe concluded that the school’s response was insufficient and that it wasn’t clear who was handling allegations of wrongdoing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Arson investigators are continuing to probe the cause, according to the LAFD.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The commander of Ukraine's scandal-hit "Anne of Kyiv" army brigade has been arrested as part of a murder probe, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

To examine the material's properties, the researchers used molecular beam epitaxy together with low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, allowing them to probe its electronic behavior with atomic level precision.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Why Gebu permitted his occasional visits to their house was a mystery Ranofer had never cared to probe into.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

SEC probes alleged insider trades that cost Susquehanna millions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

They are not empty threats for the EU since China previously slapped duties on European cognac and conducted anti-dumping probes into pork and dairy products.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

The team used Neuropixels probes, an advanced technology that had never before been used in the hippocampus for this type of research.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

My left arm and hand are enveloped in a mass of probes, wires, gizmos and cuffs.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Each partner group quickly sat down, buckled themselves in, and began attaching their probes to their foreheads, arms, and legs.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened enforcement investigations into several large private-credit managers, and regulators have probed the exposure that banks have to the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

He probed the astronauts about their favorite moments and asked what it was like to lose connection with Earth for some 40 minutes during an expected communications blackout.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

Beethoven’s music improves Goethe, extracting its humanity and frailty, and Dudamel’s performance probed its profound inevitability of good triumphing over evil.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

Nestle, Lactalis, Danone, Babybio and La Marque en moins will be probed over whether there was any criminal wrongdoing in distributing baby formula that may have been contaminated with cereulide.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

His eyes probed, as if they would force me to speak my secrets, much as the yunka stranger had made me reveal my face.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

It has been investigating whether some of the country’s biggest egg producers coordinated on pricing and is probing whether meatpackers colluded to drive up beef prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Rarely are our viewpoints contested, and if they are, filmmakers frequently stop short of probing the truth.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Representatives from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office attended Samsung’s headquarters in Suwon while probing trades between 2022 and 2024 associated with its acquisition of Rainbow Robotics, according to Yonhap, the local news agency.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Big Blue has long placed a premium on quantum research, starting before the turn of the 21st century when researchers began probing the then-theoretical technology.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

“Someone—the door—why doesn't the door-voice tell us—” Under the door-sill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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