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- verb Present participle of
uncover .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the removal of covering
- noun the act of discovering something
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Examples
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The team succeeded 90 percent of the time in uncovering weaknesses in airport and airline security that could enable hijackers to smuggle weapons aboard and seize control of airplanes.
Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11? Coleen Rowley 2010
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The team succeeded 90 percent of the time in uncovering weaknesses in airport and airline security that could enable hijackers to smuggle weapons aboard and seize control of airplanes.
Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11? Coleen Rowley 2010
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Brian Beutler of Talking Points Memo has done an excellent job in uncovering his decades-long determination to cut Social Security (although I think Beutler underestimates the impact of Simpson's email itself, as many of us initially did).
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The team succeeded 90 percent of the time in uncovering weaknesses in airport and airline security that could enable hijackers to smuggle weapons aboard and seize control of airplanes.
Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11? Coleen Rowley 2010
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In one of the most prominent sets, and the slowest in uncovering, was Cal Galbraith with the 'Spirit of the Pole.'
The Wife of a King 2010
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The team succeeded 90 percent of the time in uncovering weaknesses in airport and airline security that could enable hijackers to smuggle weapons aboard and seize control of airplanes.
Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11? Coleen Rowley 2010
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Still, Rhyme and Sachs and their assembled team begin uncovering a chilling pattern of vicious crimes and coverups, and their investigation points to one master criminal, whom they dub "522."
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It takes a little time in uncovering the true motivator and to brush away the veneer and pretence some may hold over your reasons.
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In one of the most prominent sets, and the slowest in uncovering, was Cal Galbraith with the 'Spirit of the Pole.'
The Wife of a King 2010
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The team succeeded 90 percent of the time in uncovering weaknesses in airport and airline security that could enable hijackers to smuggle weapons aboard and seize control of airplanes.
Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11? Coleen Rowley 2010
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