probe
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Stocks of targeted companies historically have dropped when a congressional probe is announced, but the shares then rally on the day of a Capitol Hill hearing, according to the Evercore analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
After Mayor Karen Bass appointed Jaime Moore to lead the LAFD, Moore committed to an outside probe into the department’s handling of the Lachman fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The review is preliminary, and it isn’t clear whether it will lead to a full-fledged probe, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Residents living near RAF Fairford say they have been "left feeling like sitting ducks" at the centre of major counter-terrorism probe.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
But the woman began to probe his foot, calling commands.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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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
The first step toward that phase of the mission occurred on September 3, 2026, when both probes were separated from the transport module.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Sanft recounted decades of probes and noted that prior investigations did not take his client’s statements seriously because they were not credible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Arday announced on August 5 that he was resigning from both his university post as a professor and as a fellow of Jesus College, shortly after they announced probes into the various accusations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The campus was impressive for what happened within its walls: chest crackings, organ transplants, molecular imagings, genetic probes, and virtually any other medical service known in the advanced world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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
A journalist at the Times Higher Education magazine who probed the claims of plagiarism was reported to the police by Arday for alleged harassment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The business empire of Dodgers and Lakers owner Mark Walter reportedly is being probed by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The doctor’s cool fingers probed lightly along my skull.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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OpenAI has recently faced a series of security incidents in which its artificial-intelligence agents escaped containment, hacking some company websites and aggressively probing a range of websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
ICE and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the case.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Right now the bond markets are like a pack of wolves stalking red deer, probing for weaknesses.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Once again he saw Jackson’s blue eyes, probing, reproachful.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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