discovered

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Valued at between $20 million to $30 million -- the highest price estimate ever for a dinosaur -- the giant fossil was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

But not all companies have access to those models, and patching them once they are discovered can take time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

It was not until three years later, in 2010, that Lowri discovered the tapeworm when in a restaurant toilet and flushed it down the loo.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Originally assigned male at birth, B.P.J., like over 1 million other kids throughout the country, discovered that she better identified as a girl.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

When she began to work with the paper, Sadako discovered that folding a crane wasn’t as easy as it looked.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr