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as in to investigate
to search through or into
communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions
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There’s no shortage of natural wonders to explore around Bend.
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Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
To explore this premise, the investigators asked participants about their primary caregivers, including a motherlike caregiver and a fatherlike one when applicable.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
As part of the monthly program, visitors explore historic maps, photographs and architectural styles while learning how Hollywood Boulevard developed into one of America’s most recognizable business districts.
—Daily News, 20 June 2026
Research presented this week at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, explored how obesity is strongly linked to fertility problems in men.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
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Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
To explore this premise, the investigators asked participants about their primary caregivers, including a motherlike caregiver and a fatherlike one when applicable.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
As part of the monthly program, visitors explore historic maps, photographs and architectural styles while learning how Hollywood Boulevard developed into one of America’s most recognizable business districts.
—Daily News, 20 June 2026
Research presented this week at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, explored how obesity is strongly linked to fertility problems in men.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
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Police are investigating after a man was found dead underwater Saturday afternoon in Lauderhill.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Counterterrorism police in Edinburgh are investigating a series of late-night street attacks that left five men injured.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Investigators are searching for 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz after a standoff at a home in the 700 block of Brookside Avenue.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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At a certain point, letting those structures come apart a little brings you back to spontaneity, to searching, to surprise, and above all, to simplicity.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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The horse was last examined by the NYPD Mounted Unit's veterinarian in March and was found fit for work, according to the union.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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In addition to studying race and gender demographics in the film industry, the report also examined on-camera representations of disability.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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