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As anyone who has been on social media can attest, this was a mistake.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Any American sports fan can attest to the beauty of an entire stadium singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Reed was capable of this kind of transformation whenever he was inspired by greatness, which was often, though as any reviewer can attest, not often enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Hugo and his fellow Year 10 French students can attest to the success of this method.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
He had been known to make that climb five or six times a day on the queen’s business, as the aches in his knees and the small of his back could attest.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Shew said he’s only supposed to be given registrations to process if the would-be voter attests they are a U.S. citizen, as federal law requires.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
The huge demand in the U.S. attests to advice gone unheeded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Belen Garijo's brilliant international career attests to her strategic vision and her ability to drive profound and value-creating transformations," board chairman Frederic Oudea said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
A total of 53 crosses attests to that.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
Gorgias’s brother Herodicus is a doctor, and the former attests that when trying to persuade a patient to submit to a course of treatment, his oratory is far more effective than his brother’s medical expertise.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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In letters to the court, family and friends, including Perla Hudson, the ex-wife of musician Slash, attested to Sangha’s character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The two have not talked since the report was published Wednesday, but that’s not out of the ordinary, James attested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Imposing “an entirely new command structure,” she attested, would “wreak operational havoc within MPD,” “create tremendous risk for the public,” and “inevitably lead to delays and confusion.”
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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There is no shortage of studies attesting to sunlight’s benefits that don’t get widely publicized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Where we don’t have research, clinical trials, what we’ve got a ton of, is, shall we say, testimonials, patient affidavits, attesting to the wonders of the drug,” said Scott Brunner, the alliance’s chief executive officer.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
"Then, the video attesting to the truth would be shown," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Desperate for money, she signed a contract attesting that she was “the one and only Tokyo Rose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Records attesting to his death were pullulating like insect eggs and verifying each other beyond all contendon.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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