trace
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But one tour group’s dream is a tour group leader’s safety concern, so they traced the edge of the blimp’s swing radius, staying out of reach of the resting giant.
From Los Angeles Times
Archival photos, maps and short films trace the Chinese-Canadian experience, starting in the late-1880s when a wave of immigrants arrived to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Investigators for the rights commission traced that car to a man in Kuala Lumpur who worked for the Special Branch.
From BBC
Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral organisms and occupies a distinct position on a single, complex, prolifically branching, unfathomably extensive and largely invisible tree of life.
Solar panels are mostly recyclable, made of glass, aluminium, silver, and polymers - but trace toxic metals like lead and cadmium can pollute soil and water if mishandled.
From BBC
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