as in to verify
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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Pakistani officials have long drawn historical parallels between their feud with India and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, both disputes having been born out of bloody partitions as the United Kingdom's colonial empire collapsed in the years following World War II.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
How universities got into the patent business The current system was born out of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which standardized federal policy to encourage university grant recipients to patent their inventions.
—Joshua M. Pearce, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
Haiti, the first free Black republic born out of a successful slave revolt, spent more than a century repaying that debt through French and American banks, crippling its economy for generations.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
How universities got into the patent business The current system was born out of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which standardized federal policy to encourage university grant recipients to patent their inventions.
—Joshua M. Pearce, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
Haiti, the first free Black republic born out of a successful slave revolt, spent more than a century repaying that debt through French and American banks, crippling its economy for generations.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Almost 82,000 also provided data from activity trackers that allowed researchers to verify their speed.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
2 May 2025
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America, meet the Orb: a bold new attempt to verify you’re not a bot — just by looking you in the eye.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Google has confirmed the latest warnings — that Gmail accounts are under attack, and has issued some simple, critical advice.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The news was confirmed via a public obituary and his daughter Anne Marie Scalies’ statement to The Hollywood Reporter.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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Mills argued the clause blocks the lawsuit because the Federal Tort Claims Act directs federal judges to interpret the merits of this type of case based on state law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Monday called on North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia immediately, arguing that the North’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a grave provocation to international security.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Maryland Matters is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501(c)(3) public charity.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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By supporting a wide range of financial assistance programs, not just Medicaid, the company gives users a safety net even as benefits shift.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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