without a trace
idiom
: without leaving any signs to show where one went
He disappeared/vanished without a trace.
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Set at the height of the Arab Spring in 2011, the play examines a Middle Eastern Studies department in London thrown into crisis when a young Syrian blogger vanishes without a trace.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Then the 29-year-old vanished without a trace.
—Emilie Dorn, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
That small body swathed like a mummy, our blind flight over the treetops, the prospect of disappearing in the middle of the jungle without a trace—all this converged to focus a singular intensity on the moment.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Not to be confused with Universal’s reboot of its Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy follows the young daughter of a journalist who disappears into the desert without a trace.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Then the 29-year-old vanished without a trace.
—Emilie Dorn, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
That small body swathed like a mummy, our blind flight over the treetops, the prospect of disappearing in the middle of the jungle without a trace—all this converged to focus a singular intensity on the moment.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Not to be confused with Universal’s reboot of its Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy follows the young daughter of a journalist who disappears into the desert without a trace.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Without a trace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20a%20trace. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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