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To create the new compound, Tarleton and colleagues teamed up with researchers from Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a Palo Alto, California–based company that had been screening compounds against a variety of parasites.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2022

Jail operations are expected to be streamlined and staff that had been screening mail are able to be redeployed “to where they are needed most in the jail,” said Sheriff Michael Bouchard.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2020

We had been screening people for criminal records when they called our hotline number.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 17, 2020

As the driver waited to enter the U.S., a canine team that had been screening vehicles in line detected something at the undercarriage of the pickup, according to the press release.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2018

That morning's Courier-Journal slipped down from the forehead it had been screening against the sun, and the Colonel became aware of a presence at his side.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville