Example Sentences

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They said dropping river levels that have been exposing more pollution also make it harder to safely operate the large power boats used by cleanup crews.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

This year, the Tribune and ProPublica have been exposing the consequences for students when their schools use police as disciplinarians.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2022

Footballers Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have been exposing Major League Soccer’s apparent flaws, declaring American players are underpaid and that the league’s playoff format is “shit”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2019

As Conor Friedersdorf notes, state and national publications have been exposing the inadvertent errors and deliberate manipulations of forensic crime labs across the country for years now.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2015

It would have been exposing himself, his men, and his ship to the utmost danger, and perhaps to destruction, without the least prospect of advantage.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew