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probing

[proh-bing] / ˈproʊ bɪŋ /


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However, the protesters say they will not call off demonstrations until India's premier investigative agency begins probing alleged malpractices in other recruitment exams.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

With the Department of Justice, the SEC and state insurance regulators probing Mark Walter’s businesses, the Dodgers owner has a lot on the line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Authorities have been probing various cyclospora outbreaks as if they are distinct, but it is possible they are related and investigators so far haven’t been able to connect them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

An adviser’s recommendations may not always be pleasing to hear, but they flow from a more complete understanding of a client’s situation based on detailed fact-finding, probing and insight into the client’s needs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

He stood straight and met Masood’s probing dark eyes.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

The probings about driver versus three-wood had lost steam.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2015

So were his probings of the court records for murder cases against Jeffrey MacDonald, in his 2012 book “A Wilderness of Error,” and Randall Adams, in the 1988 film “The Thin Blue Line.”

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2014

His finding echoes the results of similar probings by other researchers into the 2008 statistics.

From Scientific American Jan. 26, 2012

Matters of marriage, sex, science and womanhood are raised by Ruhl, a continually inventive playwright whose lyrical sense of the absurd is as acute as her insightful probings into the psyches of her quirky characters.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2011

Footnote 21-27: The committee's considerable probings were reflected in the Defense Department's files.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor




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