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The agents on the scene attest to one set of facts; some witnesses swear the opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"People who know me will attest I'm a little fond of football," the Pope said at the mass.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
As anyone who has been on social media can attest, this was a mistake.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Plenty of millennials who are now adults will attest to its success.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
They could not have been more mistaken: As anybody who knew Albus would attest, he never revealed the remotest anti-Muggle tendency.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Shew said he’s only supposed to be given registrations to process if the would-be voter attests they are a U.S. citizen, as federal law requires.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
The huge demand in the U.S. attests to advice gone unheeded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Belen Garijo's brilliant international career attests to her strategic vision and her ability to drive profound and value-creating transformations," board chairman Frederic Oudea said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
"That recognition attests to the remarkable range and enduring impact of his work on both stage and screen," it said.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Gorgias’s brother Herodicus is a doctor, and the former attests that when trying to persuade a patient to submit to a course of treatment, his oratory is far more effective than his brother’s medical expertise.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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They must be segregated from issuer assets, independently attested and subject to federal supervision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
His long, productive career encompassed more than six decades, in each of which his live performances and recordings continually attested to his preeminence as one of jazz history’s most vital, innovative and influential artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
The brilliance of “Point Blank” is attested to in the Criterion edition, which features, among other supplemental material, a fascinating commentary track with Mr. Boorman and Steven Soderbergh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Imposing “an entirely new command structure,” she attested, would “wreak operational havoc within MPD,” “create tremendous risk for the public,” and “inevitably lead to delays and confusion.”
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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“Where we don’t have research, clinical trials, what we’ve got a ton of, is, shall we say, testimonials, patient affidavits, attesting to the wonders of the drug,” said Scott Brunner, the alliance’s chief executive officer.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
"Then, the video attesting to the truth would be shown," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
The resulting image is crystalline—and full of symbolic touches attesting to his status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Environmentalists welcomed the shutdown as good news attesting to the country's plan to quit coal mining by 2030, when the last brown coal mine is due to close.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The note was stamped with the school’s official seal, attesting that he was a full-time student and only thirteen years old.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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