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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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In a show at the Walker Art Center, Deaf artist Christine Sun Kim explores visual art as a mode of communicating language itself.
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Finally, after a 13-year hiatus due to the Libyan civil war, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw returned in 2023 to explore the remains of one of the largest ancient Greek cities in the Cyrenaica region.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
The Focus Features documentary, in theaters now, explores the intersection of AI development and its impact on humanity from a personal perspective.
—Charlie Tyrell, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Starts exploring licensing options, including one for mattresses in America.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Finally, after a 13-year hiatus due to the Libyan civil war, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw returned in 2023 to explore the remains of one of the largest ancient Greek cities in the Cyrenaica region.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
The Focus Features documentary, in theaters now, explores the intersection of AI development and its impact on humanity from a personal perspective.
—Charlie Tyrell, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Starts exploring licensing options, including one for mattresses in America.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
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Police in Livonia, Michigan, are investigating after an individual was found dead in a creek on Saturday evening.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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As a science journalist and ocean explorer, she's investigated misinformation campaigns on social media, embedded in Alaskan archaeological digs, and contributed to the discovery of deep-sea organisms in the Central Pacific.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
28 Mar. 2026
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In the aftermath of the shooting, law-enforcement officers searched the defendants’ cars, apartments, and a brick home, affectionately nicknamed the Big Gay House, where some of them lived.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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Officers are searching two properties in north London, a few miles from the scene of the attack in Golders Green.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Investigators continue to probe for answers in Sunday's deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport, as officials examine why a runway safety system failed to issue an alert before a Port Authority fire truck crashed into a landing passenger airplane.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Explore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explore. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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