probe
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Prosecutors last month resolved a probe of Bethesda, Md.-based EagleBank without levying charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
A probe into donations allegedly siphoned off at India's grand Ram temple has renewed scrutiny of how religious sites manage vast amounts of cash and gold entrusted to them by devotees.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
After a probe from the country's consumer protection agency, the channel scaled back such ads.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“It’s a test of the Senate’s willingness to probe the department’s operations and to actually serve as a check on the department and the administration more broadly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We have until Sol 584 to get a probe to Mars. That's four hundred and sixty-two sols, which is four hundred and seventy-five days."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
France's weather agency Meteo-France filed a complaint in April after one of its weather probes was hacked in order to fix bets on Polymarkets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
New York City inspectors are conducting safety probes into other construction sites in the city after a Midtown Manhattan conversion project was at risk of partial collapse last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
SEC probes alleged insider trades that cost Susquehanna millions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The team used Neuropixels probes, an advanced technology that had never before been used in the hippocampus for this type of research.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
The seismology section had a million probes down here, with a ninety-nine point eight success rate at predicting the magma flares.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The FDA team probed everything from Taylor’s irrigation water to portable restrooms on farms and medications provided to members of the company’s harvest crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened enforcement investigations into several large private-credit managers, and regulators have probed the exposure that banks have to the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
At least 27 cases were being probed as of Thursday, with 15 confirmed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Beethoven’s music improves Goethe, extracting its humanity and frailty, and Dudamel’s performance probed its profound inevitability of good triumphing over evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
His hands, which were so confident and skillful at taking apart clocks, probed the monkeys.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
You’ll get to listen to convicted Ponzi schemer Paul Regan systematically probing clients for their psychological weaknesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Binance runs crypto exchanges and provides other services around the world, but it took a severe hit when crypto markets collapsed in 2022 and regulators began probing the legality of its business.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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
The coach stared at him now, the dark eyes probing, pondering.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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