[Ads-l] Transitive "surface"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

In OED Online from 1955 (in the specific sense 'to expose (a spy, defector, etc.)'; they have the 'bring to public notice' nuance from 1974 in political contexts.

Jesse Sheidlower

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 03:50:34PM +0000, Yagoda, Ben wrote:
> From the New York Times’ Public Editor column today:
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> "Each Friday<https://www.nytimes.com/series/public-editor-mailbag>, Evan Gershkovich, in the office of public editor Liz Spayd, surfaces some of the more thoughtful and provocative complaints that come in — some of which are edited for clarity and length.”
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> Ben
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