Detect
Finds
Detect and finds are semantically related in lay hands on topic. You can use "Detect" instead a verb "Finds".
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In The Pilo Family Circus, while surveying the grounds with the stolen crystal, JJ finds that Kurt Pilo can detect his attempts at scrying, and while JJ isn't actually attacked, Kurt's mocking little wave is enough to make him stop watching.
Source: Poke in the Third Eye -
The Expanded Universe says that this exchange is an example of the constant arms race between cloaks and sensors: the Klingons develop a ship that can fire while cloaked, and once the Federation finds out about it, within a week they've invented a way to detect it.
Source: Stealth in Space -
Also doubles as a case of Detect Evil as he is a Card-Carrying Villain who finds the power to be a sign of him being a superior Evil being.
Source: Aura Vision
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