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the tracing of this mountain lion is going to be difficult if the rain washes away all of the tracks
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But Oppenheimer’s biography is a more straightforward tracing of Blume’s life and career.
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Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The investigations involved extensive work that included detailed surveillance review, financial tracing across multiple banking institutions and search warrants for telecommunications and digital records, Wellington said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Contact tracing is underway for members of the public and hospital staff who were possibly exposed to that second child when they were being treated at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The health department will also receive support from about a dozen entry-level epidemiologists provided by the CDC Foundation, an independent nonprofit that helps support the agency’s mission, who will increase capacity for case investigation, contact tracing and data management for a few months.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
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Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The investigations involved extensive work that included detailed surveillance review, financial tracing across multiple banking institutions and search warrants for telecommunications and digital records, Wellington said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Contact tracing is underway for members of the public and hospital staff who were possibly exposed to that second child when they were being treated at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The health department will also receive support from about a dozen entry-level epidemiologists provided by the CDC Foundation, an independent nonprofit that helps support the agency’s mission, who will increase capacity for case investigation, contact tracing and data management for a few months.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Tracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracing. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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tracing
noun
trac·ing
ˈtrā-siŋ 
: a graphic record made by an instrument (as an electrocardiograph) that registers some movement
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