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[treys] / treɪs /






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While Hurricane Polo hurtles around the Pacific, there isn't a trace of the usual cyclones off Mexico's opposite coast, near Solis's native Yucatan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The key players in Kao’s pay-to-play deals went to great lengths to meet in person and leave no trace of an actual quid pro quo, he told agents.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The engineers who built Silicon Valley, the astronauts who went to space, the scientists pushing the edges of medicine and artificial intelligence — many of them trace a line back to this show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Scott Calvert and Dan Frosch trace how Romanian gangs built a global racket around a weakness in America’s benefits system and the efforts to stop them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

And in that moment the old, cold ache in his heart melted away like snow before the fire, leaving no trace behind.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

He said these statistical traces are akin to "fingerprints that a criminal leaves at a crime scene."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines,” opening Sunday at the Hammer Museum, traces that relentless drive across nearly 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures, garments and tapestries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

For more than a century, scientists have tried to reconstruct the biology of Tyrannosaurus rex from bones, teeth, footprints, and other traces left behind more than 60 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

One traces to research led by Xavier Gabaix, a professor of economics and finance at Harvard University.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

When I opened them, all traces of our nasty landing had been removed.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Bournemouth's incredible rise can be traced back to the appointment of Eddie Howe in January 2009.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

However, economists and Fed officials noted the drop was likely a blip traced to Amazon’s Prime Day and related promotions that happened in June instead of July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The supply at the eateries was traced back to a Taylor Farms facility in Central Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Anthropic traced a fake news operation to LKM Company, a French advertising agency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Nok traced her fingers over her scars again.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Other researchers are also tracing the link between college majors and job-market outcomes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The book is particularly good at tracing the incremental shifts in Wilde’s posthumous reputation, culminating in the serious scholarly attention of the post-1945 era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

As a result, another drug may be added instead of tracing the symptom back to the medication that caused it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

“There was about seven decades of work that had to happen,” he said, tracing the origins to the late 1940s and early 1950s and studies on the statistics of language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

She got ready for bed and took it with her, tracing her fingers over the black ink, worries making them wobbly.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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