probe
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In 2019, China landed a spacecraft the Chang'e-4 probe on the far side of the Moon -- a world first.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
There is also the small matter of a corruption probe just announced into Philippe in his function as mayor of the northern port city of Le Havre.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Trump’s Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer also resigned amid a misconduct probe.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
More often than not, today’s scholars probe even more deeply than Fiedler did the complexities of our literature’s presentation of race and gender.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It was an unmanned probe that would be in Earth orbit less than two days.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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