unmask
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Smith conformed to the type of the absent-minded professor, but he was worldly enough to unmask the East India Co., a hybrid sovereign ruler and monopolistic business enterprise, as a misgoverned money pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Times reporting enraged Trump, and the administration tried to unmask the paper’s sources before ultimately backing down.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gen. Cameron Bell to explain the thinking behind a pair of trailblazing new laws meant to unmask the federal immigration agents patrolling Golden State streets and compel them to identify themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
"It allows neurodivergent people to unmask and be themselves," Ursie says.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Whoever did this had wanted only to unmask me without my permission, to humiliate me by intentionally undermining a decision I’d made to keep some parts of me for just myself.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The vaccine acts like a ‘wanted poster’ which unmasks cancer cells which are adept at hiding in the body, only to resurface later.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
For parents of young children, the newest vaccine findings are posing unnerving questions at the same time much of the nation unmasks.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
What begins as a bucket list comedy featuring four old men soon unmasks itself as a heist film.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2020
He unmasks virtue; he betrays Woman; and he curses the gods.
From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by John Cowper Powys
A leading people smuggler, whose network is believed to be responsible for the majority of illegal cross-Channel journeys in recent years, has been unmasked by a BBC investigation.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
And while several TikTok users have come forward claiming they created it, the true author as of yet remains unmasked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Whether the medication caused it, accelerated a subclinical condition, or simply unmasked something already there is nearly impossible to determine.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
Once Egg is unmasked, we come to understand why he’s so drawn to this enormous man whose gentle spirit permeates Claffey’s faultless performance.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Despite its being unmasked by the Soviets, Operation Gold secured Harvey's reputation inside the CIA as one of its wiliest and smartest operatives.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Replimune’s therapy turbo-charges the response to other immunotherapies by unmasking cancer cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
After federal immigration officers shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, social media users called for the unmasking of the agents responsible.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
The series takes in a wide range of topics, from unmasking Jack the Ripper, to the day The Beatles came to Hull.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
They fared much better unmasking Goldfish: While Thicke guessed Hilary Duff and Jeong said it was Nicole Scherzinger, both Ora and McCarthy-Wahlberg were correct that the star of Broadway’s “Gigi” was their winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
To the Crown, the speech revealed the ANC’s true and secret intent, unmasking the ANC’s public pretense of nonviolence.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
