swab
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Most snakes were captured alive so scientists could swab their skin and collect blood samples before release.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
For $249, patients can order the test and mail in a swab, and after a few weeks they receive a GLP-1 “effectiveness score.”
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
So I got a small grant, bought a swab kit and spent a semester knocking on doors to ask classmates if I could sample the bacteria on their faces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Olympics and beyond will be determined by a one-time genetics test through saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
She’s wearing a halter and I hold on to it, but mostly she stays still as I swab out her nostrils and swaddle her throat in flannel.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Five were listed as "wrong site" procedures, two involved incorrect implants, two involved retained objects such as swabs left inside patients, and one involved medicine administered by the incorrect route.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The detective later told Tamasi not to send any of the DNA swabs for testing, she said in her deposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
This approach revealed genetic material from PRV in archived throat swabs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
A second stage of the analysis has already taken saliva swabs from women to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
He watched them take turns running oiled swabs through the barrel.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Tamasi swabbed for DNA samples in Spivey’s truck—door handles and such.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
And though a forensics expert swabbed the interior of the yacht for explosives, there were no testing facilities on the island, said Allan Galbraith, the superintendent in charge of Operation Rainbow.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Last year, the U.S. introduced HPV testing, where samples are swabbed from the vaginal wall rather than scraped from the cervix, as a less invasive alternative to the pap smear.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
They rolled him over, tilted his chin up, and swabbed out his mouth.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
But immediately after the crash, investigators carried out the meticulous process of swabbing the interior of the VW Polo for any forensic samples that could link the driver to that seat.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Fernandez recalls the monotony of swabbing decks before getting a job in the mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
Iwasaki cautioned against the idea that people swabbing their noses with Neosporin will be a cure-all in the future.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
The innkeeper looks up from where he's swabbing a table.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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