traces

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Block, a Toledo, Ohio-based media company that traces its roots back to 1900, is now a family business divided.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The supermarket fixture known for its red-capped spices traces its roots to founder Willoughby McCormick, who at 25 years old started selling root beer, flavoring extracts, and fruit syrups door-to-door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It is well documented that De Zerbi's footballing DNA traces back to the Pep Guardiola tradition, but to leave it there would be restrictive.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The explanation traces back to work by the French mathematician Gaston Floquet, who showed in the 19th century that systems exposed to periodic forces can develop entirely new oscillation states.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

The guard seemed too tired to argue, or perhaps he saw in Jacqueline’s face traces of some long-dead female relative whom he had not done enough to please while she was still alive.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat