thorough
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If you, too, have abandoned bars of soap in your bathroom, Dan’s spirited and incredibly thorough reporting might just make you think twice the next time you stock up.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Family members, who have called for a more thorough investigation into Casias’ disappearance and death, reiterated after the autopsy that they do not believe she would have killed herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
On Wednesday, Prentice had called his alleged wrongdoing "an aberration" and vowed a thorough and transparent investigation, while insisting it should not be used "to cast aspersions" on other academics from ethnic minority backgrounds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Muir said Dr Blake's review would be "thorough but not prolonged", and told the committee it would be complete "by early autumn".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He remembered the ways his boy would reward him: the full smiles of greeting; the thorough neck scratchings, Peter’s fingers digging in just hard enough.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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