unearth

Example Sentences

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Fellow hobbits “Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure” while a new generation seeks to unearth a “long-buried secret.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, Brewdog threatened legal proceedings against one of the BBC's US-based contributors and sent private detectives to try to unearth dirt on at least one of our UK-based interviewees.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

I do my own taxes, so I’m my own grouchy accountant, barking at myself to unearth various forms.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Epidarex has sold investors on a strategy that involves investing outside the major life-sciences hubs—places like the U.K. and mid-Atlantic, Southeastern and Midwestern states—an approach designed to unearth gems other venture firms might miss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

I put on old jeans and unearth a rake from the back of the garage.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson