Example Sentences
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Tamasi swabbed for DNA samples in Spivey’s truck—door handles and such.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
And though a forensics expert swabbed the interior of the yacht for explosives, there were no testing facilities on the island, said Allan Galbraith, the superintendent in charge of Operation Rainbow.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
Last year, the U.S. introduced HPV testing, where samples are swabbed from the vaginal wall rather than scraped from the cervix, as a less invasive alternative to the pap smear.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
He held up the head while Billy swabbed out the wound with weak carbolic acid salve.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
