laid bare
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A number of recent legal proceedings have laid bare the extent to which the Justice companies may have knowingly violated environmental laws, a key threshold for bringing a criminal matter.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Their inability to hit sixes was laid bare in Chelmsford on Thursday and for the first 18 overs here.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Clark highlighted that the Ebola outbreak especially had laid bare the dire impact dramatic global aid cuts had on disease prevention efforts.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Two weeks of testimony from a cast of characters including Musk, Altman and OpenAI’s co-founders Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever laid bare a lot of the company’s dysfunction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The earth had been laid bare and was scored with long scratches and furrows.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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