probe
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Bradnam said he had only recently been able to contact the probe due to health issues and a family bereavement.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It is the highest-ever price paid for a sports team and comes as Walter’s business is facing a federal probe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Western military officials also warn that Russia is systematically using its own drones to probe Europe’s air defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A group of university academics last week wrote to Prentice slamming Arday's appointment and asking her to appoint an independent body to probe what happened.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"What if the probe doesn't get to you?" he asked.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The lightning-quick sale of the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner comes as Mark Walter faces federal probes into allegedly conflicted insurance loans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The opacity of China’s political system makes tipoffs on ongoing probes highly valuable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Using specially designed nucleic acid probes, the team produced microscopic images showing intron RNA in living cells of Ca.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
AFP's findings were corroborated by other international probes, including investigations conducted by Reuters, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Is the fruit alive or dead?” he probes.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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“It’s easy to imagine that in six to 12 months, every application that’s facing the internet in some way is being probed by a genius-level cybersecurity attacker in the form of an agent.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
But, he added, constant updates to the original frame of the B-52 could also cause issues that need to be probed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened enforcement investigations into several large private-credit managers, and regulators have probed the exposure that banks have to the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Asylum seekers are subject to an initial screening interview with the Home Office and then an exhaustive "substantive interview" lasting several hours, during which their claims are probed.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Her eyes probed and searched him, seeking a soft place, but his eyes were flat and hard.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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With the Department of Justice, the SEC and state insurance regulators probing Mark Walter’s businesses, the Dodgers owner has a lot on the line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Police are now probing how the thieves were able to enter the museum without triggering its alarms and who may have been responsible.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Authorities have been probing various cyclospora outbreaks as if they are distinct, but it is possible they are related and investigators so far haven’t been able to connect them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
An adviser’s recommendations may not always be pleasing to hear, but they flow from a more complete understanding of a client’s situation based on detailed fact-finding, probing and insight into the client’s needs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
He glared at Hattie, then turned to me, his look probing.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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