probing

Example Sentences

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UK accident investigators were on Saturday probing the cause of a train collision north of London which killed a driver and injured scores of passengers, nine critically.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

O’Herlihy was intellectually hungry — always probing new territory, questioning why things had to be a certain way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

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

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Such lavish funding isn’t available for probing the mysteries of space waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

They believed that probing the wound was more harmful than the bullet itself.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow