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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
After local authorities probed the situation and spoke to the twins, an officer explained what the allegation was during Buttigieg's formal interview.
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Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
At one point, investigators probed whether a brown car stolen near Carla’s apartment building that same weekend and was never recovered could have been connected to the case.
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Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Meanwhile, private detectives probed Hadley’s vulnerabilities as a witness.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Davis probed Usha during the interview about how her future return to work might look.
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Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The anonymous users, who learned of the subpoenas from the platforms and hired lawyers to challenge the government’s demands for information, haven’t been told what possible offenses are being probed.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Sánchez’s wife and brother are also being probed over allegations of influence peddling, which both have denied.
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ABC News,
27 May 2026
Armonda gently probed the glittering mass, picking out shrapnel.
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Martha Raddatz,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
The Haverstraw Police Department is leading the investigation while the shooting is also being probed by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division and Internal Affairs Bureau, an NYPD spokesperson said Monday.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 May 2026
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
At one point, investigators probed whether a brown car stolen near Carla’s apartment building that same weekend and was never recovered could have been connected to the case.
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Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Meanwhile, private detectives probed Hadley’s vulnerabilities as a witness.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Davis probed Usha during the interview about how her future return to work might look.
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Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The anonymous users, who learned of the subpoenas from the platforms and hired lawyers to challenge the government’s demands for information, haven’t been told what possible offenses are being probed.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Sánchez’s wife and brother are also being probed over allegations of influence peddling, which both have denied.
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ABC News,
27 May 2026
Armonda gently probed the glittering mass, picking out shrapnel.
—
Martha Raddatz,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
The Haverstraw Police Department is leading the investigation while the shooting is also being probed by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division and Internal Affairs Bureau, an NYPD spokesperson said Monday.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for probed
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Ada, who’s just beginning her career, is negotiating complexities that ought to have been explored far more substantially.
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Now that summer has officially arrived, this is a fine time to enjoy the great outdoors — beaches are beckoning, trails must be climbed and parks can be explored.
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Other video showed massive piles of debris as people climbed and searched around the colossal heaps.
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Since then, she had been spotted on multiple game cameras on other properties in the county but was always gone by the time the area was searched, Sheriff Nathan Johnson said.
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Sandweg said the entire affair needs to be investigated.
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The case was investigated by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
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The Legislative Analyst’s Office, the nonpartisan fiscal advisor for lawmakers, recently examined the increase in state spending since 2019-20, Newsom’s first full year in office.
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The study examined how concentrated each category is by measuring the share of top 10 mentions held by the top 3 brands.
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