traces

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With “Where the Music Had to Go,” Windolf carefully traces the contours of a revolution that transformed popular music into art.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The show traces how imported genres like jazz, reggae and the blues gave rise to the distinctly British sounds of Two Tone, Garage, Trip Hop and Grime.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

What few realize is that this pattern traces to just one of the four years of the U.S. presidential term — and it includes the next 12 months.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The confusion traces back to events that happened long before the fossil formed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

He tried to gather up some papers and scraps of wood, as if there were traces of his mismatched life that he hadn’t wanted me to see.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool