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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

Quietly I gathered up the empty dye bottles—the only evidence that could ever incriminate me—and stowed them in Abbey’s backpack.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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

Kading, who wrote his own book on the case, has said for some time that Davis incriminated himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025

It wasn’t until a full century later, in 1934, that mosquitoes were incriminated as potential vectors for the disease.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024

He only gave evidence to the inquiry after considerable efforts were made to make him appear and had initially refused to answer questions or give evidence in case he incriminated himself.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

But I was determined not to participate in any way, for that would have surely, by implication, incriminated me in a network of guilt which I did not share.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

Stroup said, “It was kind of almost incriminating to be seen walking up there.”

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025

Instead, they relied on them for Comey’s indictment and ordered an FBI agent to dig through more of Richman’s personal files for anything incriminating.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

Mangione’s lawyers said the officer was trying to obtain an incriminating response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

As we passed behind the stage, I glanced furtively about for the incriminating table-book.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood