discovered

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“The rule asked whether Strategy sold bitcoin by May 31. Not whether the world discovered it by May 31,” he wrote in one tweet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Lucy Kagure had been searching for her son in hospitals and police stations and eventually discovered his body at the mortuary, where he was listed as an unidentified male.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Field notebooks recently recovered from a late paleontologist have provided the crucial missing details researchers needed to complete a study of a remarkable fossil fish discovered nearly three decades ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

I did some research and discovered that in the past 15 years, the Dow has increased about 362% while the S&P 500 index has increased 470% excluding dividends and 600% with dividends.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

I avoided the eyes of the guards along the route, guilty as a well-trained dog discovered on the living room sofa.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom