discovered

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"As a woman rough sleeper, you're far, far less likely to be discovered rough sleeping and that's your route into services, into support, into accommodation," says Lucy Campbell from the Single Homeless Project.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The researchers discovered that disrupting this balance can leave cancer cells unable to cope with DNA damage.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Bill Gates told Congress that Jeffrey Epstein discovered that he had had affairs during his marriage and tried to leverage that information against the billionaire philanthropist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Among the animals they discovered living off the carcasses were jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms and molluscs called bivalves.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I glanced again at the clock and groaned inwardly when I discovered that while it felt like I’d been lying here for a lifetime, it had really only been two hours.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin