Example Sentences

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Since the bankruptcy filing, new management has been probing the company’s accounting practices and asset transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The effort has been probing cognitive and physical aspects of aging in about 50,000 dogs and is running a clinical trial to test a drug that may boost the animals’ longevity.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 7, 2024

"My research group has been probing the molecular mechanisms that underpin rice's capacity to accumulate high Si for a while now," says Dr. Ma.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Now, Nunes finds himself entangled in the same chain of events the committee has been probing.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2019

Recently, the research group DRASTIC, which has been probing the pandemic’s origins, retrieved and translated her blog posts, including attached screenshots of WeChat messages.

From Washington Post