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More than a dozen agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were processing the crime scene Monday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

We took this finding to mean that regions such as the amygdala and insular cortex were processing positive and negative emotions as mutually exclusive.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

By some estimates the casinos of each family were processing several billion dollars every year.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

On Wednesday, authorities in Washington state said four county election offices had to be evacuated as election workers were processing ballots cast in Tuesday’s election, delaying vote-counting.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Both men, it turned out, were processing heavy burdens of grief.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023