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corroborate

[kuh-rob-uh-rayt, kuh-rob-er-it] / kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt, kəˈrɒb ər ɪt /


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However, if your friend has texts, emails, voicemail messages or even notes made around the time he instructed the lawyer not to settle, those could help corroborate his account.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Industry figures on the amount of crude oil and oil products being loaded onto ships in the Persian Gulf and delivered to buyers don’t corroborate the U.S. claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Not only can their arrival time suggest that they dwelt with other particles for a negative amount of time, but if one asks those other particles, they will corroborate the story.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

We have not been to fully verify each account but where possible, we have sought to corroborate stories through photos, location data and online records.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

To save their jobs, and probably their lives, Soviet spies needed a second source to corroborate Hall’s report.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

"An eyewitness account of about 20 'geese' taking flight and heading toward the river just minutes before a loud bang was heard corroborates geese in the area shortly before the crash."

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Reporting corroborates crew reports and helps ensure airline maintenance teams are aware of aircraft that might need servicing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

But for Dyne, Matteis believes the deal for Avidity is “highly validating,” as it corroborates the expected value of muscle-delivery technology and the attractiveness of the markets for even rare diseases like DMD.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

However, she responded by saying the footage of the pair filming a slow dance is "damning" and corroborates her claims.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

“It corroborates what Marietta and I found out earlier,” Louis said.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

“They’ve then heard and seen through the news coverage that those incidents were corroborated by admissible evidence in court.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Prosecutors argued its highly-detailed contents could be corroborated to an extent unlikely with a fabricated confession.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

A filing from late June included declarations from former classmates that Doe’s attorney, Zach Rosenblatt, said corroborated his client’s claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Farage and Reform UK told British media that he did not declare this because it was a personal gift to pay for his personal security, which the Thai-based Harborne corroborated.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

And his eyes, large warm brown irises set on whites that were turning yellow, corroborated this.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Although the law states that testimony alone is enough to issue a restraining order, she said, “undoubtedly when you have corroborating evidence, it’s a much stronger case.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

After a state senator introduced a bill last year that would have required “clear and convincing corroborating evidence” for decades-old cases, the firm ran an ad calling it a “Predator Shield Law.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"We've had enough other corroborating data... to confirm that those vessels were clearly out there," Poling said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

This is Epstein’s version, but she seems to be, in the email, kind of corroborating what Epstein is saying about Trump being there.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

“I think it’s a corroborating witness,” Frank said.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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