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Recent Examples of unseal
The warrant had been sealed until Wednesday, when another Superior Court judge issued an order to unseal it following a request made by the San Francisco Chronicle and other news outlets.
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
According to the motion to unseal, nine people have been charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Apr. 2026
The motion was filed under Rule 41(g) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and also requests the court to unseal the affidavit used to justify the warrant.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The motion also seeks to unseal the affidavit in support of the FBI’s search warrant.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
According to the motion to unseal, nine people have been charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Apr. 2026
The motion was filed under Rule 41(g) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and also requests the court to unseal the affidavit used to justify the warrant.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The motion also seeks to unseal the affidavit in support of the FBI’s search warrant.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseal
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Can the 31-year-old Webb, one of the league’s fastest-rising assistants, unlock a new level from Nix in his third year?—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Though threatening, his rush could use more cohesive sequencing and better hand work to fully unlock its potential.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Well, technically in person: Shelley leaves the door ajar but doesn’t unlatch it, so Aggie has to plead her case through the crack.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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If your button-down outfit is in need of a little spice, a quick trick is to unfasten the top and slip out a single shoulder.—
Sri Rain Stewart,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Unseal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseal. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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