probe
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The European Commission has not fully completed the probe it opened in 2023 into X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
An independent probe concluded that the school’s response was insufficient and that it wasn’t clear who was handling allegations of wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Ann cops' terror probe" reads the headline of the Sun.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The firm is currently facing a state bar probe and a criminal investigation by L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was a Weltschmerz—which we used to call “Welshrats”— the world sadness that rises into the soul like a gas and spreads despair so that you probe for the offending event and can find none.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Rather than regulators discovering antitrust violations after probes lasting many years, the DMA gives businesses a list of what they can and cannot do online.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 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
It gets stranger still as a pair of ultrasound probes are fixed to my head, complete with splodges of slimy gel above the ears - to measure the blood flow to my brain.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
But, he added, constant updates to the original frame of the B-52 could also cause issues that need to be probed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Asylum seekers are subject to an initial screening interview with the Home Office and then an exhaustive "substantive interview" lasting several hours, during which their claims are probed.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
KoBold probed deeper underground than others had looked and discovered a vast deposit of high-grade copper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
At least 27 cases were being probed as of Thursday, with 15 confirmed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
In the evening, when Moon Orchid seemed quieter, her sister probed into the cause of this trouble.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
New York City inspectors are probing other construction sites after a Midtown Manhattan conversion project was at risk of partial collapse.
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
Rarely are our viewpoints contested, and if they are, filmmakers frequently stop short of probing the truth.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Representatives from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office attended Samsung’s headquarters in Suwon while probing trades between 2022 and 2024 associated with its acquisition of Rainbow Robotics, according to Yonhap, the local news agency.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Jon crept up warily, probing any suspicious darkness with the point of his sword.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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