laid bare
Example Sentences
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The risks were laid bare in 2022, when a heatwave in China saw hydropower generation in Sichuan fall over 50 percent, creating shortages that impacted households and industry alike.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The move laid bare a strategy that Silicon Valley has been perfecting for years: ditch the tech-sceptics of the traditional press, and build your own media.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Yet for Washington’s dealers, the prospect of putting franchise laws up for a popular vote laid bare a tough reality: given the choice, many car buyers want the freedom to avoid dealerships.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
I often wonder about the psychological effect on participants as their lives are laid bare for all to see.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
For some time they had been cut off from the world, as if in an invisible island; now they were laid bare again, peril had returned.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
