discovers
Example Sentences
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The FTC says it can actually take weeks before the bank discovers a fake check — but even if it takes days, it will usually be too late.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Within the confines of a fairly conventional prison drama, McMau dissects an anonymous nobody who discovers that, both in prison and in life, there are consequences for not taking sides.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
When he discovers that his therapist, JoAnne, has been insider-trading on her clients’ revelations his mood improves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
In “Ready or Not,” Weaving’s blushing bride-to-be, Grace, discovers that she’s marrying into a family of devil-worshippers who sold their souls for eternal wealth, and they must sacrifice her to keep the money rolling in.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
This the touch discovers in sensible bodies, whose extremities come within our reach; and the eye takes both from bodies and colours, whose boundaries are within its view.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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