uncover

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Dinnis, who directed the initial digs and will lead the new excavation project, said he was optimistic about what they would uncover.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Retail investors flood the oil markets, Bill Ackman bids for UMG, and the quest to uncover Satoshi Nakamoto continues.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

More work is needed to uncover the factors behind the rest of the variation, she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“It affirms what our communities have always known: You cannot investigate injustice without the power to uncover the truth,” Eke said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

But observation and historical records have failed to uncover a single case of a state’s being formed in that ethereal atmosphere of dispassionate farsightedness.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond