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Many state public-health labs, funded through government budgets and grants, lack the resources to perform genetic sequencing to trace and compare outbreak strains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The emotional arc Nolan wants to trace should start there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In Episode 3 of By the People, equal-marriage campaign architect Marc Solomon joins Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to trace the movement’s “quixotic” beginnings in 2001.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

Measuring how much of each element is present helps scientists trace the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

She was fresh from turning cartwheels in mud, and she still had a trace of it on her hands.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

These traces point to the wide range of environments, objects and people that may have come into contact with the Shroud during its long history.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Mr. Moral traces the director’s professional journey from “cinematic prodigy” to “undisputed Master of Suspense” and finally, because of Spoto and Ms. Hedren, to a man posthumously “scrutinized under the lens of #MeToo.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The only dance record on the shortlist, Nia Archives' second album traces the arc of a relationship from the first flush of love to a breakup so ugly that her partner calls the police.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

The Food and Drug Administration last week said it traced the bug to Taco Bell iceberg lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The results suggest that Shimao's social hierarchy was organized through patrilineal descent, meaning ancestry and status were traced through fathers.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

It sometimes took years for people to find out that their headaches or nosebleeds or breathing pains and nausea could be traced back to that business maybe only a few blocks away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Inspectors confirmed the odors with community members, and traced them back to cleanup operations at the facility, according to the air quality agency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

It’s like the feelings were traced in my heart, waiting to be filled, or like big pieces were missing from the puzzle that makes me me.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

My research on how these movements evolve online and intersect with political activists and extremist networks was directly relevant to tracing how COVID-origin claims moved from fringe communities into mainstream political discourse.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Comparatively, DR Congo has had a harder time with surveillance and contact tracing.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Everyone I spoke with described the current process of tracing foodborne illnesses as laborious and slow and hampered by an absence of a unified approach.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Using advanced circuit tracing techniques, the team discovered that the two peptide hormones responsible for regulating growth hormone release behave differently depending on the stage of sleep.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Frankie placed his hand on my cheek, tracing the curve of my cheekbone.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros