- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
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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
William Manchester’s panoramic chronicle traces Europe’s transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, but the book’s final section pauses on the specifics of the premodern Age of Sail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Even particles too heavy to be produced in the Large Hadron Collider can potentially leave subtle traces in the rates of these processes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
El Pollo Loco traces its history to the 1970s in Guasave,Mexico, where salesman Pancho Ochoa started it with his family’s citrus-marinated chicken recipe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
He described cover names, fragmentary messages, traces of the work of Soviet agents operating deep under cover in the United States.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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