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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unearth.

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Examples

  • And "unearths" is the word: Researching this book was a near-archaeological task.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • And "unearths" is the word: Researching this book was a near-archaeological task.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • * Failed conservative attack line of the day: Sam Stein unearths proof that the RNC, too, filed freedom of information requests on Dem presidential candidates.

    Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2010

  • What it really is, based on my understanding of neurology, is the critical analytical left brain working over everything the intuitive creative left brain unearths from the depths of the id and the subconscious (If I may be forgiven for resorting to Fraudian metaphors here for a moment) and turning it into something comprehensible by other mortals.

    breathe in, breathe out, move on matociquala 2008

  • Cain unearths a mirror that Dream had hidden away for a bloody good reason.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • Cain unearths a mirror that Dream had hidden away for a bloody good reason.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • To encounter two French films, one day after the other, that deal with a sister whose twin brother has disappeared and the lack of family communication that this disappearance unearths, is unusual.

    GreenCine Daily: Rendez-Vous. 10. 2007

  • Almost 100 years later, a quirky young American scientist unearths new evidence of this incredible discovery and its mysterious disappearance, assembling a group of explorers to resume the search, this time in the ocean's depths.

    'Shadow of the Cypress': History, mystery and Steinbeck 2010

  • Going on nerve and Holy Spirit, she peels away the prisoner's layers of anguish, animal fear and depravity in an effort to--in more ways than one--save Poncelet; the process she unearths the live man made in God's image walking with something that looks like dignity to his death.

    Michele Somerville: Should Susan Sarandon Apologize For Calling The Pope A "Nazi?" Michele Somerville 2011

  • Their investigation unearths disturbing layers – about victims, potential victims, and suspects alike – plunging even deeper into the murky marsh’s enigmatic depths.

    Bones by Jonathan Kellerman: Book summary 2010

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