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[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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On Monday, Grossman’s husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, took the witness stand for a second day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“No one / bears witness for the / witness,” he writes in the 1967 poem “Ashglory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To witness, in the Christian sense, is not to merely describe events.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The witness was then cross-examined by Sir Jeffrey's barrister Kieran Vaughan KC.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As they walk up the drive, I huddle deeper into the cover of the curtain, and feel a weird kind of relief that Karly isn’t here to witness this.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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