probe
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The resulting effect became strong enough to redirect the probe beam.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
An AI that can probe for weaknesses on its own, analysts said, is a different kind of threat than a foreign website or a social-media post—one a wall can’t keep out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The crater appeared as a "large bright spot circled by a dark halo" by the LRO probe, which has been studying the Moon since 2009.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In his post, Dans shared a photo of himself arm-in-arm with three high-ranking company executives, including Rutger Dolk, who was later detained by Dutch authorities as part of the probe.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
It's not like the Pathfinder team is hanging around JPL just in case their long-dead probe is repaired by a wayward astronaut.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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In 2024, the US said Russia had launched a satellite which it believed may be capable of attacking other such probes.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The first step toward that phase of the mission occurred on September 3, 2026, when both probes were separated from the transport module.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 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
But when the wires were fastened to her own neural connectors, and the probes reached into her heartbeat and instinct, that's when she opened her mouth.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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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
“It’s easy to imagine that in six to 12 months, every application that’s facing the internet in some way is being probed by a genius-level cybersecurity attacker in the form of an agent.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
The FDA team probed everything from Taylor’s irrigation water to portable restrooms on farms and medications provided to members of the company’s harvest crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The few times I asked her she said business blah-blah, and since that is something I know absolutely nothing about and have no interest in, I never probed any further.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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Does she care about Leo, or does she want to keep probing that pain and that trauma?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Still, the new theoretical framework could give researchers a powerful way to expand future searches and use Earth's natural electromagnetic environment as a tool for probing some of the lightest possible forms of dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Vance said the United States was probing the wedding strike but cast doubt on Iranian reporting of the incident.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ironically, though, attacking alter egos narrowly could require more probing than enabled by the proposal now apparently under consideration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The constant probing with unsterilized fingers and instruments introduced bacteria that the president's body was unable to fight.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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