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eyewitness

[ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis] / ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˈwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs /


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An eyewitness described seeing him wearing headphones and "pacing around" near the enclosure before he went in and was attacked.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Burgum said on social media that he had given Pirro’s office in D.C. “expert and eyewitness testimony to the damage done by vandals.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earl Spencer has told the BBC writing his book about sister Princess Diana, which has made headlines for its criticism of King Charles, was his "duty...as an eyewitness to history".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Travis, the getaway driver, did, however; his eyewitness account was arguably the most damaging.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

After all, no eyewitness accounts exist of the devastation—none of the peoples in the Southeast had any form of writing known today.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Fire crews were still battling the blaze late into the night, while eyewitnesses captured the dramatic moment the tower's turret fell.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Tooson said there are no eyewitnesses to the shooting and Porter’s death was not captured on video.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In his 2019 self-published memoir “Compton Street Legend,” Davis wrote: “I’m one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac’s killing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It didn’t matter what eyewitnesses saw, or that the newspapers reported the next day that the Cadillac was part of the ten-car pileup on the bridge.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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