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Recent Examples of investigates
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
The Office of Special Counsel, a role created by Congress nearly 50 years ago alongside the Merit Systems Protection Board, investigates claims about wrongdoing in the government, including whistleblower complaints.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
In the laconic tones of a police report, Ibargüengoitia investigates the murders and their motives, the society and the profession - the oldest of all, but no less mysterious for that - which precipitated them.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Michael ‘Mike’ McCall, founder of MPM Consulting LLC, a forensic accounting firm that investigates allegations of unauthorized financial activities, has seen this shift firsthand.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The second series investigates deaths involving apparent falls from heights — examining whether victims were pushed from locations like balconies, cliffs and bridges.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on-location view of the interstellar visitor, or even offering the chance to collect material that could be much older than the bodies of our solar system.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Chris Depue, a spokesman for the task force that investigates police shootings.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
At a news conference Sunday, Schumer had urged that the company halt all flights while the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates the crash.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
The Office of Special Counsel, a role created by Congress nearly 50 years ago alongside the Merit Systems Protection Board, investigates claims about wrongdoing in the government, including whistleblower complaints.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
In the laconic tones of a police report, Ibargüengoitia investigates the murders and their motives, the society and the profession - the oldest of all, but no less mysterious for that - which precipitated them.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Michael ‘Mike’ McCall, founder of MPM Consulting LLC, a forensic accounting firm that investigates allegations of unauthorized financial activities, has seen this shift firsthand.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The second series investigates deaths involving apparent falls from heights — examining whether victims were pushed from locations like balconies, cliffs and bridges.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on-location view of the interstellar visitor, or even offering the chance to collect material that could be much older than the bodies of our solar system.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Chris Depue, a spokesman for the task force that investigates police shootings.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
At a news conference Sunday, Schumer had urged that the company halt all flights while the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates the crash.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigates
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Through audiovisual installations and immersive curation, the show explores why Marie Antoinette has remained a constant source of ideas.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The play explores faith and the mysteries of existence as two friends, Vladimir and Estragon, wait for Godot, who may never show up.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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The report also examines platforms that go beyond simple scriptural guidance.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Now 70 years later, Lolita is still a source of fascination for scholars and readers alike — and a new anniversary edition of the novel examines its legacy up front.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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