probe
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The crater appeared as a "large bright spot circled by a dark halo" by the LRO probe, which has been studying the Moon since 2009.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In his post, Dans shared a photo of himself arm-in-arm with three high-ranking company executives, including Rutger Dolk, who was later detained by Dutch authorities as part of the probe.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
But senior Justice Department officials believed criminal charges would have been heavy handed and closed the probe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
To detect the effect, the researchers used a single calcium ion as an extremely sensitive probe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Once it reached the port's retractor mechanism, the automated system clamped on to the boom and pulled it in, aligning and orienting the probe automatically.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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In 2024, the US said Russia had launched a satellite which it believed may be capable of attacking other such probes.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Many of the administration’s civil probes have been proceeding under a novel use of the False Claims Act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
That way if one or two probes had problems, we'd still have enough food to complete the mission.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Phillips was additionally probed by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly hiring a girlfriend to intern in Collins’ office.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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
After pinning Azan Awais with his first ball, the seamer probed Masood's outside edge from round the wicket before switching the angle of his attack in his third over.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Apple alleged in its lawsuit that Tan probed job candidates still working for Apple for information on its projects, and that OpenAI coached former Apple employees on how to evade security procedures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
On the day of Garfield's shooting, Drs. Townshend, Bliss, and Wales probed the president's bullet wound with unwashed fingers and unsterilized metal instruments.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
It is uncertain whether that would satisfy the federal agencies probing potential wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The nurse spoke tersely, and did not look up from her probing.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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