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searching

adjective as in probing

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This is worse than “picking the man and searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him,” in the famous words of Justice Robert Jackson.

In a post on social media, the park said staff were out "searching the area" and welcomed reports of any sightings.

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That is more than three times the number of European immigrants who sailed westward searching for some version of Jefferson’s vision.

For seven years, Loomis was held captive in Joe Turner’s chain gang, abducted for being Black, forced into hard labor and separated from his wife, whom he has been searching for since his release.

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