Thesaurus results for PRO-BED

probed

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past tense of probe

as in explored

to search through or into tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life

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as in searched

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery probing the depths of the undersea trench

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Recent Examples of probed Mills was probed about the allegations in 2018, but the case was dropped a year later. —

Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026 Now 130 subpoenas hammer anyone who ever probed him, while half of the Epstein files stay conveniently buried. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026 Blume might have probed this kind of opaque friendship breakup in one of her novels. —

Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026 Among the Asian economies being probed are China, Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Thailand. —

Nur Hikmah Md Ali, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026 Foster immediately checked out of the game, slammed his fist on a chair and screamed when trainers probed at his right foot, then went back to Duke’s locker room. —

Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 Undaunted by the deficit, Moorhead’s Max Cullen probed the Skippers’ defense, played a pass back to Tyden Bergeson, who ripped a shot on net. —

Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026 Defense attorneys probed the relevance of the printing equipment. —

Emerson Clarridge updated March 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026 During the bipartisan hearing, which probed whether Ticketmaster’s outsize control has unfairly hurt customers, even senators couldn’t refrain from making references to Swift. —

Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 2 Mar. 2026

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Wilzig became a dedicated collector, author and lecturer, eventually amassing thousands of pieces that explored human sexuality across cultures and centuries.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
The city has since explored smaller buyouts in places that flood repeatedly, including the Jewel Streets neighborhood, also known as the Hole, at the Brooklyn-Queens border.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026