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probe

[prohb] / proʊb /




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By using a trapped calcium ion as a microscopic probe, the team has now observed the effect experimentally for the first time and measured its behavior in greater detail.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

"This is pretty deep here," she says, reading the markings on the probe.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

A wide-ranging probe by the department’s internal watchdog is scrutinizing potential improprieties in the contracting process, including evidence of personal enrichment by top officials, report Tarini Parti, Josh Dawsey, Michelle Hackman and Summer Said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

He also apparently asked the judge to help halt the probe that would lead to his arrest and even set up meetings, the police report seen by AFP reveals.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

"So, Dr. Kapoor, tell us about the Taiyang Shen. Why go to China to launch a probe? Why not launch it from the US?"

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

To investigate the effect, the team used specialized microscope probes to map the shape of the wrinkles and measure local electrical energy and current.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

These quasiparticles serve as highly sensitive optical probes that can reveal both the crystal itself and the collective motion occurring within it.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Instead of arguing back, Regan straight-up ignored me and continued attaching her simulation probes.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Phillips was additionally probed by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly hiring a girlfriend to intern in Collins’ office.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

Walter’s system is now being probed by federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, including whether the connections were properly disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 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

Robinson’s WPC lieutenants probed into Claudette’s background, since few adult leaders in Montgomery had ever heard of her.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

Accident investigators probing an Amazon cargo flight crash in Miami are scrutinizing the speed of the aircraft, whether an airport safeguard might have helped prevent the tragedy and whether the weather played a role.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

A nurse, who was visibly unsettled and asked not to be identified, told AFP that the hospital was probing the circumstances of the fire and "doesn't want its reputation to be damaged any further".

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Instead of gently probing nuclei, researchers collide them at the highest energies available and reconstruct their shapes from the patterns left behind.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Internet would-be sleuths have popped up in Zach’s comments on social media this week, probing Brian’s behavior and previous conduct.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 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




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