lay bare

The media must find better ways to roll their individual callouts of Trumpist deceit into clear, compelling counternarratives that lay bare the broader pattern.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the BBC's findings "lay bare the tough reality many schools and families are facing" as a result of council-funded education budgets being slashed.

Not only can they bring out the best in us, and connect and empower us, but they also lay bare the social conditions and choices that often cause or contribute to disasters, delivering a societal shock that makes change possible.

“These figures lay bare the scale of the crisis facing public libraries and confirm what we have long suspected: libraries are hit hardest in the very areas that need them most,” said Isobel Hunter MBE, the chief executive of the Libraries Connected charity, which has members spanning most library services in the UK except Scotland.

Fossilisation meant that the bones had been encased in rock; this was painstakingly removed, to lay bare the animal’s skeleton.