unseal
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Media organizations successfully petitioned the court to unseal the documents.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
It also seeks to unseal the FBI's affidavit used to obtain the warrant from a federal magistrate judge.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The lawsuit’s particulars had been confidential until last week, when the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, an anti-monopoly advocacy group, won its motion to unseal much of the redacted portions of the complaint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
US District Judge Rodney Smith granted the government's expedited motion to unseal the typically secret grand jury transcripts and modify a protective order that previously barred the release of the materials.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
But for the rest, I unseal a test-strip kit.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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His attorney, Stacey Hegge, argued that Sanford should be able to inspect and participate in redacting the affidavits before the circuit court unseals them, to avoid any disclosure of trade secrets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Justice Department unseals charges against Huawei, Meng and several of the companies’ subsidiaries, alleging not only violation of trade sanctions but also the theft of trade secrets.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
September 2005: A judge unseals the Philadelphia grand jury report.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2018
He pledged Thursday not to release the alleged victims’ names or identifying information if he unseals the records.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
He shows them the envelope, unseals it with a letter opener, and pulls out five typewritten pages.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Albertsons accused Kroger leaders of making “lowball offers” to federal regulators to largely keep the most-profitable stores in the combined company, and hive off the weaker-performing ones, according to a court filing unsealed Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Two weeks ago, Mendonca unsealed a police report linked to the Vorcaro investigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
When court documents were unsealed last month it also emerged books were being destroyed in the process of training Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Among those charged in the newly unsealed indictment is Cameron Lockett, 23, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The note was unsigned, unsealed, and the hand unfamiliar.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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In his order unsealing the note on Wednesday, Judge Karas concluded that the note "is subject to the presumption of public access".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit demanding their return and District Judge JP Boulee, a Trump nominee, ordered the unsealing on Tuesday of the search warrant affidavit used to justify the seizure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Its motion also asks for the unsealing of a law enforcement agent’s sworn statement that was presented to the judge who approved the search warrant, the county chairman, Robb Pitts, said Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Similar unsealing requests, citing the new law, are pending before the two federal judges in New York who presided over the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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