Example Sentences

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Supervisor Janice Hahn said Preven had been scrutinizing her and her colleagues ever since she was a councilmember at City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Shah, like Moazami, had been scrutinizing reports from colleagues in Europe and the United Kingdom about another kind of DCD donation.

From Science Magazine • May 11, 2023

The American government had been scrutinizing Snake-related malware for nearly two decades, according to the court filings, which said that a unit of the F.S.B. known as Turla had operated the network from Ryazan, Russia.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

Hospital leaders had been scrutinizing the use of these procedures at the Dole VA for years.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023

He made straight for the satchel they had been scrutinizing, and opened it without ceremony.

From The Deserter by King, Charles