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Which magician was known for revealing secrets of his trade?

reveal

[ri-veel] / rɪˈvil /




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Dickinson plumbs this trope of grief, but uses it to reveal the nature of art itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

My global research has also taught me that institutional change of this nature often follows sustained advocacy and, unfortunately, comes after highly public cases reveal failure.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before the medical examiner’s report became public, Lowe’s family did not reveal a cause of death but in its statement mentioned contact information for a mental health lifeline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her approach is to shame and reveal, but not always to get justice.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Regan said, already pulling hers over her head to reveal her rather sweaty pajamas underneath.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Spoiler warning: This press review reveals details from series two of The Celebrity Traitors.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Still, she looms large in Lowen’s imagination, especially when she finds a secret autobiography in which Verity reveals her darkest secrets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The circuit performs a quantum Fourier transformation, a mathematical operation that can reorganize quantum information in a way that reveals otherwise difficult to detect patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

"A storm reveals itself in the faint natural signals it emits and in the echoes returned by the signals we send to prove it," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In the hush of the library, she reveals her hidden story.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

On Sept. 11, Von Arx and researchers including Spencer Kitts, a contractor at Redwood Research, revealed that the traces Piecha had found on the internet the previous week stemmed from a May cyber incident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before her death, Parton revealed she had recorded a song with U2 which is set to be released in November.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

When asked whether Wales' success had lifted a weight off his shoulders, Bellamy revealed he had "felt the stick" ever since the Bosnia loss.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The private ceremony took place in upstate New York with Harris’ children, Sloane and Ocean, attending, Bush and Harris revealed in a Vogue exclusive published Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maggie revealed that she and Kate had been mischievous girls who “wanted to terrify our mother.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

He had broken off our seven-month relationship the day before, revealing he had never developed “strong romantic feelings” for me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was a revealing piece of humility, especially given some supporters suggested a sense of being tired of Wales – and their head coach – "talking a good game".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

And those funds hold thousands of diversified loans, therefore revealing major, but hidden, losses, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Livia’s students perform a kind of greatest hits of the novel’s signal compositions, each one emphasizing something different and intimately revealing in their playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

If she approached when someone was speaking of him, people immediately changed the subject—and here was Grandmother revealing the secret to a whole crowd of strangers!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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