as in to track (down)
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While letting the clock run down for the next play, Memphis committed a false start penalty.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Foulla Niotis says her 17-year-old daughter, Maria, and Maria's best friend, Isabella Salas, were run down and killed by Maria's stalker despite months of complaining to police.—
Eric Shawn,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Courier Journal caught up with Zipperle to find out why Cornbread Hemp took home the New Ideas Award in the 2025 Top Workplaces competition.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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To find out when yours needs to be replaced, refer to the instructions that came with your model and accompanying filter.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Police found a firearm in the vehicle, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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The child was found by her mother three hours later, with internal vehicle temperatures having reached over 108 degrees.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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But beyond the symbols, the science itself is moving quickly—in ways that may reshape how breast cancer is prevented, detected and treated.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
21 Oct. 2025
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In addition to minelaying, minesweeping—the ability to detect and remove mines to clear safe passages—is a key element of naval mine warfare.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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In addition to locating victims’ remains, the on-site work involved removing and disposing of explosives that didn’t detonate in the blast.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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From there, Bishop, along with the medical team at Portsmouth, sought to determine more about his prognosis and the potential solution.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The medical examiner on Friday determined that the student died by suicide.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The surveillance helped investigators ascertain that these men, most of whom lived in Dubai, were working together to launder money and smuggle cocaine from South America to Europe.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Police quickly realized, however, there were inconsistencies in the siblings’ story, and authorities ascertained that Samantha was the person driving at the time of the incident.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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One cornerstone is Bayesian optimization, an active-learning strategy that greedily picks the next best experiment.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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