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exposé

[ik-spohz] / ɪkˈspoʊz /


expose




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I came in search of an exposé and found a humble tram driver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life’s work,” Huerta said in a statement following the Times exposé.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Whereas the European gothic, he concludes, was “an enlightened attack on a debased ruling class or entrenched superstition,” its American version emerged as “a Calvinist exposé of natural human corruption.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic on Monday, claiming the magazine’s recent exposé on his time as agency director was a malicious “hit piece.”

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

The story ran across the country, “Kate Fox Jencken … intends to co-operate with her sister—Margaretta Fox Kane—in her proposed exposé of the fraudulent methods of so-called spiritualism.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Smartwatches and fitness apps such as Strava, popular with joggers, can also expose sensitive military information.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Nothing escapes Maupassant’s attention: the attitudes intended to shield weak character that expose it instead; the vanity that fools no one; the morality unwittingly displayed by styles of dress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“In almost every case, it’d be better to avoid the surgery than to expose the patient to the risk of a botched operation.”

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Smith understood that publishing a photograph could expose somebody who had never intended their presence at a club to become public.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ella's will crossed into the paper's fibers, forcing it to expose its maker.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The retreating ice exposes Arctic coastlines to waves, worsening coastal erosion and raising risks for coastal communities and infrastructure, the report warned.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

This also exposes the bearish case, which investors should not ignore.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Exposing cells directly to a chemical can reveal a potential hazard, but it does not, by itself, show whether eating a food exposes human tissues to enough of that chemical to cause the same damage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

“The state will not tolerate any activity that exposes Iraq or its relations with brotherly and friendly countries to danger,” said the spokesman, Saba Al-Nu’man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Any material that advocates democracy, exposes wrongdoing by the Japanese military, or contains anti-Japanese sentiment is confiscated.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

A third project, still in the planning stages, will examine how red blood cells change shape when exposed to malaria infection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Regular people get exposed to those kind of things regularly in their daily life,” said Beizhan Yan, a Columbia environmental chemist and a co-author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The most vulnerable to the shock, the IMF has said, are low-income oil-importing countries that are not exposed to the boom in AI investment that has propped up growth in many advanced economies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

They also see Europe as a potential diversifier in global portfolios in the event of the AI trade unwinding further, as regions less exposed to the theme could provide some protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The spirit trend didn’t dissolve overnight, but skeptics had now exposed fraud often enough that belief among the general public was fading fast.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“As attorney general, I’ve sued some of the largest companies in the world … for taking advantage of our kids by exposing them to dangerous, addictive material,” Paxton said after defeating Cornyn in May.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Digital sleuths have for years misidentified accused perpetrators of high-profile shootings and other crimes, exposing them to abuse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire U.S. financial system to significant illicit finance risks.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Ocha said in a statement that the area reportedly struck on Friday had been "under sustained atttack in recent weeks, displacing thousands of civilians and exposing many more to grave harm".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Tired of mutant hunting, Muller wondered if he could accelerate the production of mutants—perhaps by exposing flies to heat or light or higher bursts of energy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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