discovered

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Researchers discovered that packed rice grains behave in an unusual way under pressure.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Police investigators discovered the modifications had been made when it was seized.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The beaked Pterocetus benguelae, which is 5.3 million years old, was discovered to be one of the fossilised skulls in the graves.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The company developed a metric called “Mean Time to Adapt,” which measures how quickly an organization identifies, triages and fixes vulnerabilities once discovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

When I discovered that I didn’t have one little rock in my pocket, that really made me mad.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls