firsthand account
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A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Cohen’s testimony could illuminate that sequence of events, providing prosecutors the firsthand account they would need to make a case against Trump.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The television personality shared the firsthand account of the severe flooding hitting Santa Barbara in a Twitter video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
But they added that the government badly wanted his firsthand account, under oath, of any declassification decisions made by Trump.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
Elliot, meanwhile, flipped through page after page of the firsthand account, ignoring me completely.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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