probing

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Federal prosecutors are probing a BlackRock private-credit fund over its valuation practices after a sharp loan portfolio write-down.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

They were probing but they lacked ideas and didn't look like they were going to score.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The federal royal commission -- the highest level of government inquiry -- has been tasked with probing everything from intelligence failures to the prevalence of antisemitism in Australia.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

"When you're probing something new, you don't have a lot of data to train AI," Nemenman explains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

She looked down at the child, who had quieted some, and was now staring at the Witch in the same way that she had stared at the Grand Elder—with a calm, probing, unsettling gaze.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill