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unseal

[uhn-seel] / ʌnˈsil /
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It also seeks to unseal the FBI's affidavit used to obtain the warrant from a federal magistrate judge.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

Last week, a judge in Florida granted the DOJ’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from an earlier abandoned investigation into Epstein.

From Salon Dec. 11, 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

Berman must approve requests to unseal documents from the case.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

But for the rest, I unseal a test-strip kit.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

Mr. Dimming unseals the official test and opens to the first page.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

The court records were unsealed this month after ProPublica moved to make them public, with the help of attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the law firm Shaw Keller.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

On Nov. 13, before the indictment was unsealed, Adani congratulated Trump on his election and pledged in a X post to invest $10 billion in the U.S. and create 15,000 jobs here.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

The indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, involves the company's Singapore- and India-based operations.

From BBC May 12, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

She unsealed it as I sat back down in my seat.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

Its motion also asks for the unsealing of a law enforcement agent’s sworn statement that was presented to the judge who approved the search warrant, the county chairman, Robb Pitts, said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 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

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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