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trace

[treys] / treɪs /






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Det Supt Cheryl Kelly, of the force's Major Investigation Team, said: "It is vital we trace whoever is responsible and we are fully committed to doing this."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Public office can’t be conditioned on bloodlines, whether they trace to Plymouth Rock or to those who were here before the Pilgrims arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Because immune cells divide continuously, the scientists needed to trace their cellular family trees.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

I felt like the cop who keeps getting hung up on before I could trace the crook’s phone call.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Anya could trace mothers and grandmothers back all the way to Hadassah in Persia.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Prosecutors spoke of a clear DNA match for one of the traces.

From BBC Aug. 19, 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

While I hooked the traces, Grandpa asked did my mother change her mind yet about going to New York.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

A 22-year-old man was later traced in Longniddry on Friday and taken to hospital as a precaution.

From BBC 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

Some of the urchin phenomenon can be traced to social media, of course, and the way it can turn a product into a viral craze via TikTok, Instagram and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"The path traced back to low in the asteroid belt."

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Still her talon traced the spiral: drawing Torak down into the past.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Using isotope tracing in mice, rats and human cells, the researchers found that mammalian metabolism can produce many indole and phenol metabolites on its own.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

"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

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

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

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

With his good hand he touched his clan-tattoos, tracing the pair of fine dotted lines that followed each cheekbone.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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