laid bare
Example Sentences
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As Greengrass lays out the bare facts of this situation with a cinematic style that’s more news documentary than stuffy period piece, the parallels to our own current situation are laid bare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even before the summer rush, nerves were on edge; a January 4 breakdown in the communication system linking air traffic controllers and aircraft had laid bare a glaring weakness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
All of the influence efforts have laid bare the steep climb for Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
It was more like a dark epiphany, a moment of revelation in which unsavory but unavoidable truths about America were laid bare before America itself and the wider world.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
I thought of Hamlet's anatomy book that showed a skeleton laid bare beneath the skin, a grim reminder of waiting Death.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
