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Based on the beloved Capcom video game, "Street Fighter" follows super-powered martial artists competing in a global tournament who uncover and battle a sinister conspiracy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
According to cyber-security firm Wiz, external, which helped uncover the critical PHP vulnerabilities surfaced this week, PHP powers 70% of the world's websites.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
By looking at patterns, the authors try to uncover what’s behind declining fertility rates and what they mean for our future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Five weeks out from a decade in prison, what’s the worst they could uncover?
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Nothing about the natural world, at first glance, suggests the existence of a gene; indeed, you have to perform rather bizarre experimental contortions to uncover the idea of discrete particles of inheritance.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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As Fielder gains steady footing on the margin dividing observation and manipulation, aiming the camera at either side, he uncovers something deeply, cosmically sad: Holmes can’t seem to tell the difference between the two.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The film tells of the story of how Corless began researching a former institution for unmarried mothers and their children in Tuam, County Galway, and uncovers the hidden history of neglect and loss.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The new season has Reacher traveling to Philadelphia, where he uncovers a conspiracy and beats up a lot of bad guys.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Beyond Junius, she uncovers other political tracts composed by Paine, Burke and their colleagues, for which Richmond acted as patron, editor and even co-author.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The Belle slowly uncovers her face, but her back is to me, and I can see nothing.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Scientists have uncovered new details about how pancreatic cancer constantly changes its genetic makeup, allowing it to become more aggressive, spread throughout the body, and resist treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
With an up-to-date picture, facial recognition technology uncovered numerous other pictures of Patel posing at glamorous events in Dubai.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
On Wednesday, organizations scrambled to patch newly uncovered bugs that could allow takeover of as many as 70% of the world’s websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The researchers also uncovered an important distinction between the functions of different LC neurons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Back in the huts, the water would sit uncovered for days, attracting dirt and flies.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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After uncovering how titanium particles disrupt immune defenses, the researchers investigated the molecular pathway responsible for the damaging reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Researchers at the University of Oxford have observed virus-like particles assembling themselves one molecule at a time, uncovering the surprisingly simple rules that allow complex biological structures to form with remarkable reliability.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
He said AI has created a "much more powerful way of uncovering vulnerabilities".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In signing the bill, Newsom emphasized the role of journalism in uncovering scandal and wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Suddenly, he flipped the mattress off the bed, uncovering the bars that held the mattress in place.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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