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Recent Examples of uncover His team worked for over two years to understand this medical mystery, ultimately uncovering a completely new classification. Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025 Efforts to combat counterfeits on Amazon have led the two companies to uncover a sophisticated operation selling counterfeit Pandora jewelry in several European countries that could be traced back to a large-scale counterfeit network out of China. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 26 June 2025 Investigators also uncovered text messages among Studer, helicopter pilot Kevin Sielaff, and a man named Bobby Wilcox, indicating the group used the helicopter to scout and harass trophy-class mule deer. Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2025 Reduce heat to medium and boil steadily, uncovered, until potatoes are very tender, about 20 minutes. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncover
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Verb
  • Instead, recent events in Iran have revealed that anti-Americanism can bind an alliance together only so much.
    Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
  • And even before pulling away, first impressions of the GTO versus the 2+2 revealed an entirely new ballgame.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Deception While the self-replication study exposed how AI systems can act autonomously to preserve their function, a subsequent investigation revealed an even more subtle and dangerous capability: strategic deception.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Secrets are about to be exposed, and things will never be the same.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 June 2025
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  • The Ruckers also discovered mismanagement of their funds and books by Kubler.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • First discovered: 6:26 p.m. June 30 Initial location: Siskiyou County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Dutchman A new wildfire was reported today at 6:26 p.m. in Siskiyou County, California.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Details about the shooting and the restraining order were not disclosed, citing the ongoing investigation.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • The China Central Television (CCTV) disclosed the full footage on Sunday showing how Chinese military dispatched two J-16 fighter jets to warn and expel a foreign aircraft for breaching China's territorial sea boundary.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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  • The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
  • The Dolphins were taking Fitzpatrick, Grier told owner Steve Ross, then head coach Adam Gase and team czar Mike Tannenbaum.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025

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