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the tracing of this mountain lion is going to be difficult if the rain washes away all of the tracks
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Marty and Iovine say the best way to help combat the disease spread is to effectively use contact tracing, quarantine and isolation to reduce the risk of transmission.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
More than two dozen passengers left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on April 24 without contact tracing, nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials said Thursday.
—Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Giles, like sports officials around the globe, became an expert on antigen tests, contact tracing and incubation periods.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
More than two dozen passengers left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on April 24 without contact tracing, nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials said Thursday.
—Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Giles, like sports officials around the globe, became an expert on antigen tests, contact tracing and incubation periods.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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“Tracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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tracing
noun
trac·ing
ˈtrā-siŋ 
: a graphic record made by an instrument (as an electrocardiograph) that registers some movement
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