probe
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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
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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
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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
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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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