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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
Wasuwan probed her model’s back and shoulders with a long bamboo stick, then tapped a block with a mallet on her stomach, producing a look of agonized bliss.
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Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Turner, the last Boston city councilor to be probed by the feds, was convicted for pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an informant who claimed to be seeking a liquor license.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
DeSantis has also taken frequent jabs at Perez, whose chamber has probed state spending under the governor’s leadership and investigated a charity spearheaded by his wife.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The office of the Four-Year Plan (economic measures initiated by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany in 1936) asked Kadgien to move some of these assets to Switzerland, according to a Swiss investigative commission that probed the fate of assets transported to the country during and after World War II.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
That year, and again in 2021, the city’s Office of Inspector General probed CPD’s recordkeeping and production practices.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Towriss said Perez's disappointing season was probed in their discussions.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
This vast, baffling capillary system did not appear on any map; the bayous and ponds probed by the airboat might have been dry land as recently as last summer, and farmland two decades ago.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Turner, the last Boston city councilor to be probed by the feds, was convicted for pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an informant who claimed to be seeking a liquor license.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
DeSantis has also taken frequent jabs at Perez, whose chamber has probed state spending under the governor’s leadership and investigated a charity spearheaded by his wife.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The office of the Four-Year Plan (economic measures initiated by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany in 1936) asked Kadgien to move some of these assets to Switzerland, according to a Swiss investigative commission that probed the fate of assets transported to the country during and after World War II.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
That year, and again in 2021, the city’s Office of Inspector General probed CPD’s recordkeeping and production practices.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Towriss said Perez's disappointing season was probed in their discussions.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
This vast, baffling capillary system did not appear on any map; the bayous and ponds probed by the airboat might have been dry land as recently as last summer, and farmland two decades ago.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for probed
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If that obsession had died down as the months went by, it was rekindled in November when House leaders explored the topic of UFOs once more.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Romvari cut her teeth with documentaries that also have explored her familial history, and this feels like a culmination of that work.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker and activist Basel Adra said soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searched his house in the occupied West Bank after a group of Israeli settlers attacked him, his family members and a foreign activist on Saturday.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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As officers arrived and investigated, additional gunfire was discharged from both outside and inside an apartment toward them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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The case is now being investigated as a homicide.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The new footage proved to be crucial in both the Right of Review hearing and the subsequent hearing that re-examined the incident.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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At a nearby hospital, after a doctor examined her wounds and tested her for a concussion, investigators snapped photos of the bruises on her face.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Probed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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