be a witness
Example Sentences
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was also expected to be a witness, but the company settled with the plaintiff last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Are you going to be a witness to other people’s moral failings or moral worldview?
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025
Teske was scheduled to be a witness in Gutierrez’s trial in early March, so he brought the bullets with him to Santa Fe in case they could be useful.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
“If he said this person shouldn't be a witness at the hearing, I guess that would concern their participation in the case,” Germain said.
From Salon • May 1, 2024
I wanted to voice the words in them that they could not say, to be a witness for their living.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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