unmask
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Then he asked Google to unmask three devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“We will unmask these thugs and hold them accountable. Full stop,” Wiener said, calling Snyder’s ruling a “huge win.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
AFP found dozens of posts across social media, in which users shared AI-generated images purporting to "unmask" the agent who shot her.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Responses escalated online: some social media users attempted to unmask her identity, even falsely naming several New Jersey residents, who all have since denied any association.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025
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 BBC unmasks, for the first time, how the late Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua faked the miracles that drew millions of people to his church.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 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
“If everyone in your backyard gathering stands up and unmasks to crowd around the snack table for half an hour, that will increase the risk of that activity,” Ferrer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
In the first place, it unmasks you and irritates him; but besides and above all, it displeases the master.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
Then on Wednesday, nearly a week after Hugging Face raised the alarm, the true culprit was unmasked.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The resulting images of the unmasked agent went viral, but identified the wrong individuals.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Dek, played by actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, goes unmasked for most of the film, unlike past Predators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Which raises the question, why not help all officers feel safe enough to go unmasked, rather than allowing some to work in a fearful environment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
Within the crowd she saw Kaisa, the sole unmasked celebrant, turn back to look at her, and it was as if another world was laid over the one she was in.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Now he is set on unmasking the caped crusader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Other topics we look at include supplement stacking, the unmasking of street artist Bansky and common tax-filing missteps to avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 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
To disrupt that message, West suggests unmasking the obvious fact that the content creators themselves are con artists selling a sham product.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
