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Named after his father, he has traced the Josés in his family tree all the way back to 1759.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Naveca, who leads a group that tracks Oropouche mutations, has traced the current outbreak to a variant that arose in Brazil in 2015 from reassortment between virus lineages from Peru and Colombia.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2024

The team has traced the brain inflammation behind these effects to a protein that activates the immune response.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

The painter and decorator, from St Ives, Cambridgeshire, has traced about 90 RAF, Army and Royal Navy personnel and hopes to record at least 10 more.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

It is as if someone has traced you with a glow-in-the-dark marker.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin