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[uhn-kuhv-er] / ʌnˈkʌv ər /


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According to cyber-security firm Wiz, external, which helped uncover the critical PHP vulnerabilities surfaced this week, PHP powers 70% of the world's websites.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Cutting-edge AI models, such as those from US giants OpenAI and Google, were used by Wiz and other groups to uncover PHP's weak spots in August.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

By looking at patterns, the authors try to uncover what’s behind declining fertility rates and what they mean for our future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Five weeks out from a decade in prison, what’s the worst they could uncover?

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

“You used to help me all the time, my Ace of Hearts. All the experiments we conducted to uncover the nature of our light. We spent our childhood together. That ought to count for something.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

As Fielder gains steady footing on the margin dividing observation and manipulation, aiming the camera at either side, he uncovers something deeply, cosmically sad: Holmes can’t seem to tell the difference between the two.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Josh Baker enters a dangerous world of fear, greed and betrayal as he uncovers what happened in one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time - the abduction of Austin Tice.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The new season has Reacher traveling to Philadelphia, where he uncovers a conspiracy and beats up a lot of bad guys.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Ms. Saxbe uncovers clues about how maternal and paternal brains are restructured by childbirth, correlated to a “stronger attunement” with infants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Jay uncovers her face, straightens up, and looks at us.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Scientists have now uncovered how these small reptiles accomplish such an unusual feat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

On Wednesday, organizations scrambled to patch newly uncovered bugs that could allow takeover of as many as 70% of the world’s websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly complex network of magnetic structures hidden above regions of the Sun that appear relatively calm.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The IT workers we spoke to all agreed that these kinds of serious flaws were going to be uncovered more frequently now that AI tools had become so good at hacking.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

His sonar had guided him to an uncovered spot in the floor.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Beyond uncovering an overlooked influence on glioblastoma invasion, the researchers believe their device could provide a valuable tool for investigating potential cancer therapies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

After uncovering how titanium particles disrupt immune defenses, the researchers investigated the molecular pathway responsible for the damaging reaction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

He said AI has created a "much more powerful way of uncovering vulnerabilities".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In signing the bill, Newsom emphasized the role of journalism in uncovering scandal and wrongdoing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

As mathematicians were uncovering the connection between zero and infinity, physicists began to encounter zeros in the natural world; zero crossed over from mathematics to physics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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