trace
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Police tried to trace the vehicle but lost track of it in San Bernardino County, the East Bay Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Where revenue or regulatory compliance depends on a measured quantity, companies should disclose how their instruments trace back to a national standard and state a margin of error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
"We need better ways to obtain and verify information, trace complex corporate relationships, and impose meaningful consequences on errant entities," Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
The strange relationship between the brain's two hemispheres and the opposite sides of the body may ultimately trace back to the visual systems of animals that lived more than 500 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The IMF no longer has any trace of her in their records, but their secure channels worked well from the start, and that was thanks to her.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Ecuador’s prison pipeline traces back to Jorge Luis Zambrano, leader of Los Choneros, named for the gang’s hometown of Chone in northwestern Ecuador.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
“Reading Matters” traces the evolution of our bookish culture, from prehistory to present day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Scientists also detected genetic traces from numerous plant and animal species, adding another layer to the Shroud's biological history.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
"This study is particularly insightful because it combines the analysis of plant remains with molecular traces in the human body," says Caspari.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
There was mud or worse streaked on my palms, and I wouldn’t be able to sit still until I had scrubbed away all traces.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The word is often traced back to the acronym AMOG, standing for Alpha Male of the Group, and has been variously associated with bodybuilding forums in the mid-2010s as well as the manosphere and incels.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The agency said the substance involved had been identified as home heating oil, or kerosene, and that the source had been traced to a nearby tank.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The reason can be traced to the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The tipping point can be traced back to 2022 at least, when Mali detained 49 Ivorian soldiers for six months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
He traced one finger over the last word, HOME, and he nodded.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
To investigate, the research team used isotope tracing in mice, rats, and human cells to follow how different metabolites were produced.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
But close to $3 billion of the stolen funds still remain in control of the hackers, according to blockchain tracing firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
After tracing Highway 127 along the edge of Death Valley and State Route 78 through the badlands of Anza Borrego, the journey now shifts to the north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Police have detained or arrested 10 suspects, with investigators tracing alleged weapon deliveries through several states and examining payments made to the alleged attackers.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Jenny Cohen has this one,” she’d told them, her finger tracing the outline of a blond doll that did indeed resemble Jenny Cohen: sweet faced with heavy bangs, slightly stocky.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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