Example Sentences

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After two decades of patient, diligent, excavation and study, the people who have been uncovering the site's mysteries are having to cover it all up in the name of conservation.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

The first coins were found by two metal detectorists in 2017 and they have been uncovering more ever since.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022

They have been uncovering hidden operational bases for resistance fighters, most recently near the town of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC • May 10, 2015

These projects have been uncovering new material, and funds are needed to track the originals and make high-resolution images.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2015

Even the upper air is coming to be reasonably well known scientifically, thanks to instruments sent up with balloons and to the radio and other investigators who have been uncovering secrets of upper-air electricity.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various