discovered

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Wembanyama was brilliant, scoring 32 points as San Antonio at last discovered the simple ritual of lobbing the ball to the impossibly tall guy under the basket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The woman's youngest daughter, Luriyanti Putri, told investigators the alleged victim had reported receiving a delivery of chicken satay from an unknown person the day before her body was discovered.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Later she discovered he had renounced his Italian citizenship when becoming an American citizen, making that route unavailable for her.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

She quickly discovered that available pelvic models have hard plastic shells around the cervix where providers practice injecting; this prevents trainees from getting the necessary tactile feedback to learn where to inject.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

When I discovered that I didn’t have one little rock in my pocket, that really made me mad.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls