uncover
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Edwin Hubble used this effect to uncover evidence that the universe is expanding.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
As a result, there's a lot to uncover in the music and lyrics.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
They found Homer, but it took weeks to uncover Langley, who had been crushed beneath one of his own towering piles.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Achieving it across many jurisdictions “would be difficult” and “audits and paper trails very likely would uncover such an effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
If the inspection uncovers major issues, that information can be used as leverage to either exit the contract or negotiate a lower price or other concessions.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
A conservator uncovers the shard, which bears an intense blue figure of a skylark — evidence, at least to the reader, that Alouette’s recipe endured, and a symbol of how both she and Sasha escaped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
But sometimes, what he uncovers is so unusual that its value lies purely in revealing how strange the universe can be.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
The 2012 film adaptation of Susan Hill's spooky novel stars Daniel Radcliffe as lawyer Arthur Kipps as he uncovers the terrifying secrets hidden in the Georgian building and grounds.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Farther down in the tangle of wood and schoolbooks and concrete, he uncovers a bruised toe.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a giant exoplanet hidden inside one of the most closely examined planetary systems in the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Flanagan uncovered the damage when she arrived for work.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
By examining ancient layers of lake sediment, researchers uncovered evidence that several lakes dried out roughly 7,500 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
She tells a cashier at a place called Taco King that she will report him for having uncovered hair if he doesn’t give her a free order of fries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
After a few months of investigation, we'd uncovered strong evidence to support Walter's innocence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
In theory, this is the kind of wall AI was built to break, by searching through the accumulated knowledge of science and uncovering possibilities no human researcher would have found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Charlotte Carne, programmes manager at the SRT, said researchers were still uncovering basic details about the insect's life cycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
At one point, Weist describes uncovering that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani maintained a fine-art photography practice while simultaneously waging a highly public censorship battle against the Brooklyn Museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
By studying superfluid helium, a substance that displays unusual quantum behavior, scientists are uncovering patterns that could improve climate modeling, storm prediction, and aviation safety.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it.
From "1984" by George Orwell
