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One sent a text that relayed what he called “exceptional news”: A “great royal family” had traced his long-lost Hermès stock to a company in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

A top counter-terrorism official sitting alongside him said Pakistan had traced cash transactions of more than $800,000 which were used to fund the cell.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2022

Eugenio told Ron he had had treatment, that doctors had traced the cancer back to Agent Orange from his time in Vietnam and that everything was fine.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2022

In new court filings, the F.B.I. said it had traced the aircraft to the Russian oligarch despite the shell companies involved in their ownership.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Who or what had traced this restless design in him?

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright