swab
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Oxford maintained that he was innocent but agreed to give police a cheek swab for a DNA test.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The kit contains a swab which is used to collect a sample at home before it is posted off for testing free of charge.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The test could be performed using DNA collected from a blood sample or mouth swab.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 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
He closed the cut-throat razor, put it down on the side of the sink, dabbed at his tiny cut with a toilet paper swab.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Nonprofit SecureBio monitors wastewater and nasal swabs to deter biological attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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 group of Canadian athletes also had to be retested after a reported 'test-tube error' meant their cheek swabs failed to comply with requirements.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Mr. Landau dips a Q-tip into some blue water that he assures me is nontoxic and swabs my tongue with it.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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
When someone goes to their GP or hospital with flu-like symptoms, they can be swabbed and tested for influenza, Covid, RSV and other viruses.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
Feet and legs should be raised, massaged, and swabbed in a warm infusion of willow bark, camphor, and arrowroot.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
This year, biologists collected samples from nine sites in California, swabbing the diminutive animals’ noses and forearms, said Katrina Smith, statewide coordinator for small mammal conservation for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
Prof Walsh, who has studied drug-resistant superbugs for 25 years, said there “should have been intensive swabbing and staff should have been more vigilant” after the bacteria was first detected in November 2021.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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 nurse started swabbing my temples with a smelly grease.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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