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Mr. Hemming has unearthed an adventure story that has escaped nearly all modern English-language sources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A joint BBC News/New Statesman investigation into maternity care at the trust has unearthed their stories.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

It appears this week in the new edition of The Strand Magazine, which has unearthed pieces by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and many others.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

That would not have surprised Mr. Penny, who, while practicing his magnet fishing hobby, has unearthed household items, tools and other metal debris from the waterways near his Oxfordshire home.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

The Daily Prophet, however, has unearthed worrying facts about Harry Potter that Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, has carefully concealed from the Wizarding public.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling