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“In a Charley Chase film life often seems like a stream of unfortunate coincidences designed primarily to embarrass, incriminate, or otherwise inconvenience Chase in his bid to be a good solid citizen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Byers initially did not want to testify at all, believing his life to be in danger and fearing that he might incriminate himself.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025

After being sworn as a witness, the coroner warned him that he was not obliged to answer questions if he believed his response could "incriminate" him.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025

By contrast he wouldn't let them go hard after David Pecker, his buddy who also happens to have a box full of papers that Trump believes might incriminate him in god-only-knows-what.

From Salon ● May 31, 2024

There was nothing in it to incriminate him.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Watching her react — by not reacting — as a recording seemingly incriminates her and accusations fly, shows how masterful Hüller’s performance truly is.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024

While most of the trial has focused on Fotis Dulos, prosecutors say evidence also incriminates Troconis.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

And in forensic science, bias can subconsciously influence experts to interpret data in a way that incriminates a suspect.

From Science Magazine ● May 12, 2022

Ismail Abedi has always refused to answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2021

Taken at its simplest, it is a clue which directly incriminates someone whose initial is H, and it was dropped there unwittingly by that person.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

As the investigation into the scandal grew, a string of athletes were incriminated, including British sprinter Dwain Chambers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025

In a court filing, Smartmatic's lawyers allege that Newsmax deleted emails and texts between high-ranking executives that would have incriminated them as making those claims for viewership and profit, despite knowing that they were untrue.

From Salon ● May 22, 2024

The archdiocese said its internal investigation had shown that Woelki himself wasn’t one of the “users of incriminated sites,” German news agency dpa reported.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Mr Vaitilingam KC then asked why his phone had disappeared and suggested he had gotten rid of it because it incriminated him.

From BBC ● May 4, 2023

But despite these revelations, he was an extremely damaging witness, for the judge found him reliable and believable, and his testimony incriminated nearly all of us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Police later found incriminating messages on Eldahouzze's phone, including a picture of the stolen watch.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It may have to do with a seemingly incriminating video on a digital drive, which has been mailed anonymously to Robert’s wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The vehicle’s registration turned out to be expired, Castronovo said, but the driver was allowed to leave without a citation after the officers searched his vehicle and found nothing incriminating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“If a police agency can withhold footage that’s incriminating but release footage that’s exculpatory, that isn’t transparency,” he added.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

“They came, asked me questions, searched the place. Didn’t find anything incriminating, of course.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss