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"Being able to trace signals back to their source is important because a positive blood test needs to be followed by imaging or other diagnostic procedures directed at the right organ," said Li.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

To identify the source of the outbreak, FDA officials conducted a traceback investigation — a process in which officials trace food that made people ill all the way back to the farm or production facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

To trace the breadcrumbs of this tragedy, readers need critical context.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

That impasse has raised a haunting question: How can someone vanish without a trace, especially when the world is watching?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

I avert my eyes, open my hand, and trace the pattern on the inside of my palm—two stylized hearts, one atop the other, locked in an eternal headbutting competition.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Product ecologist at Nature Metrics, Dr George Muscatt, said the eDNA was "tiny traces or fingerprints of DNA that species in that ecosystem have left behind".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s well-known that all of the stock market’s net gain traces to a very small number of days.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

GM’s famed “Small Block” V-8 engine, a design that also traces its lineage back to the 1950s, has a similar following and cachet to the Hemi, Nicholson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I prized his hands away, hoping he wouldn’t notice the traces of damp from my eyes that his fingers had transferred to my shirt.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

In adult brains, the researchers detected changes in myelination that could be traced to thicker myelin sheaths, particularly around thin axons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

On Aug. 4, the Food and Drug Administration revealed that a salmonella outbreak traced back to contaminated jalapeños imported from Mexico had left hundreds of Americans sick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The ultimate answer, he writes, can be traced back to the idea of “exceptionalism,” be it racial, national or any other variety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Wallace fled the scene in a vehicle and was arrested on 25 September after police traced the car to south-east London.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Ella traced a finger along one, feeling its warmth and puffiness from her conjure work.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

"These incidents have disrupted surveillance, case investigation, contact tracing, treatment and community engagements showing how attacks can undermine not only health services, but also the capacity to detect and contain outbreaks," said Musani.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

By tracing the origins of enzymes during the earliest split between bacteria and archaea, the researchers found evidence that free-living cells may have originated independently twice.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

The BBC World Service's Follow the Money series spent a week tracing the American beef supply chain to find out what has caused the price jump and discover where all the cash is going.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

After a few blocks on Reseda, Papas turned back into the neighborhood centered around Etiwanda and started tracing loops across the blocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She lowered her eyes to the floor, tracing the red clay that he had tracked into the bedroom.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez