corroborate

Example Sentences

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Breadth indicators corroborate “this extreme oversold condition, supporting a bullish medium-to-long-term outlook for both the sector and the broader market.”

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan typically require cooperating witnesses to plead guilty to all the charges against them, corroborate the government’s allegations and admit to any other crimes they committed during their lifetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

With genetic data unable to distinguish between them, investigators relied on phone records, surveillance footage, wiretaps and efforts to corroborate their whereabouts and movements, according to Le Parisien.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

“But in my experience, cooperators in these types of cases are especially valuable, and the key is to then corroborate them with other witnesses who tell the same story or documentary evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

The private detectives, though, struggled to corroborate the informant’s story.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann