unseal
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It urged legal changes and funding to help municipalities and cities unseal paved surfaces that store heat and to plant vastly more trees.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
ProPublica was part of a news coalition that sued to unseal the affidavit.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
The lawsuit’s particulars had been confidential until last week, when the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, an anti-monopoly advocacy group, won its motion to unseal much of the redacted portions of the complaint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Florida and New York judges had previously refused to unseal grand jury materials related to Epstein, citing federal rules that require grand jury processes to be secret.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
But for the rest, I unseal a test-strip kit.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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His attorney, Stacey Hegge, argued that Sanford should be able to inspect and participate in redacting the affidavits before the circuit court unseals them, to avoid any disclosure of trade secrets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Justice Department unseals charges against Huawei, Meng and several of the companies’ subsidiaries, alleging not only violation of trade sanctions but also the theft of trade secrets.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
September 2005: A judge unseals the Philadelphia grand jury report.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2018
He pledged Thursday not to release the alleged victims’ names or identifying information if he unseals the records.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
He shows them the envelope, unseals it with a letter opener, and pulls out five typewritten pages.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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The newly unsealed charges came shortly after a judge ruled Monday that Comey’s daughter Maurene was illegally fired from her job of nearly a decade at the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Two weeks ago, Mendonca unsealed a police report linked to the Vorcaro investigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
When court documents were unsealed last month it also emerged books were being destroyed in the process of training Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Among those charged in the newly unsealed indictment is Cameron Lockett, 23, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He had unsealed the fireplace and kept it laid with pine logs.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit demanding their return and District Judge JP Boulee, a Trump nominee, ordered the unsealing on Tuesday of the search warrant affidavit used to justify the seizure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
The order to publish the materials followed a similar ruling from a judge in Florida on Friday, which allowed for the unsealing of documents related to the state's investigation against Epstein that began in 2005.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Similar unsealing requests, citing the new law, are pending before the two federal judges in New York who presided over the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In its petition, the DOJ cites the “public’s strong interest” as one reason for unsealing the grand jury transcripts from West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025
She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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