bore witness
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And so, as these fighters walked stone-faced to the octagon, we bore witness to the revolting spectacle of the troops saluting fighters.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Touching and sincere, it bore witness to a deep personal bond even though I'd left office so long ago," he writes.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
And, of course, common people who bore witness.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
It is a close adaptation of a searing 1975 documentary by Frederick Wiseman, who brought his cameras to a New York welfare center and bore witness as claimants dealt desperately with a rigid system.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
But that was not until much later, and Clara never knew about it, so she could not write it in her notebooks that bore witness to life, for me to read one day.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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