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[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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Food and Drug Administration stated, “To clarify, this false positive lab sample does not change the basis for FDA’s ongoing outbreak investigation or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The agency now deems the detection that it reported Saturday a false positive after laboratory experts reviewed the sample results.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In the future, a small blood sample could potentially be used to create a detailed risk profile covering several cardiovascular diseases at once.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Creators now can simply turn still images into three-dimensional videos where their avatars appear to hold or sample products, said Daria Simhony, another affiliate creator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

But first a tissue sample had to be provided, which required a tricky biopsy that Farmer delegated to a very competent Haitian surgeon in Mirebalais.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The samples provided the first direct opportunity to compare how solar wind particles were implanted into soil from both sides of the Moon.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Until recently, researchers could study samples only from the Moon's near side.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The FDA’s investigation is focused on products from Taylor Farms de Mexico, however, no samples from the farm have yet come back positive for the cyclosporiasis parasite.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Future lab tests could identify the parasite’s presence on other samples of Taylor Farms-supplied lettuce, but the finding gives a boost to a company navigating the fallout from the outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

“Plus, we’re going to have to get inside the lab where Coal’s samples are. That’s gotta be locked up.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

However, during its investigation, the FDA also sampled and tested the company’s cheese.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Then came the World Cup, and for a month, a curious if somewhat bemused country sampled the world’s game up close.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Snakes sampled in Georgia were much more likely to test positive for Oo, while Ro infections were found only in Florida snakes.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

The track has been sampled by Snoop Dogg and the Black Eyed Peas, and appeared in films like the 2009 hit romantic comedy The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.

From BBC May 23, 2026

He sniffed the glass and sampled the contents.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

What’d you make of the Notorious B.I.G.’s sampling “Rise” for his “Hypnotize”? How could you not like that record?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

The father of three threw himself into his new life: sampling dumplings , milking goats on a farm and filming videos about life in Russia for his online followers.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

As a result, apparent changes over time may partly reflect differences in sampling rather than actual ecological shifts.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

One night we were sampling the herring when I heard Janina say, “Hello.”

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli




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