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[prohb] / proʊb /




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Last week, Cook declined to attend a hearing in the White House's probe into mortgage fraud allegations, which she denies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The probe centers on whether Alfozan stole OpenAI information to offer it to the Saudi government, though he may not have been recruited to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

However, relying on a single fluorescent probe could produce misleading results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Alias came to our attention during a wider BBC probe into illegal working and criminality linked to some High Street businesses, including mini-marts and barbershops.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Based on travel duration and the supplies their astronaut has remaining, any such probe would have to be launched within a month. Even then he would starve a little."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Once bound to their targets, these probes would generate characteristic CPL signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

No matter how deeply Rembrandt probes his subject, even when that subject is himself, the self eludes him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In federal corruption probes, agents often begin by focusing on lower-level targets with a goal of working their way up to more prominent figures.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

When the door slid shut behind him, my mom wasted no time in unhooking my simulation probes so she could give me a tight hug.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

OpenAI has come under scrutiny for a spate of security incidents in which its AI agents escaped containment and in some cases hacked other companies or aggressively probed third-party websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Phillips was additionally probed by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly hiring a girlfriend to intern in Collins’ office.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"This was the first time that shock-compressed diamond was probed with X-ray diffraction all the way up to melting," said Millot.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The business empire of Dodgers and Lakers owner Mark Walter reportedly is being probed by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

In the evening, when Moon Orchid seemed quieter, her sister probed into the cause of this trouble.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

His earlier, smaller self-portraits, by comparison, are remarkable and immediate but more exploratory, using his own image as a means of probing the possibilities of paint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Trailing a play in transition during the third quarter, Kessler saw Doncic methodically probing the lane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yet Wedgewood also lied to media outlets that did ask probing questions about its methods, so that explanation is hard to take at face value.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

He was eager to get on the ball, was constantly probing and prompting, all before he inevitably tired after the break.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Cook asked, and gave Ophie a probing look.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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