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testify

[tes-tuh-fahy] / ˈtɛs təˌfaɪ /


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The judge cited that as one reason for not allowing her to testify or introduce her own witnesses in the divorce trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Judge Ana Reyes has scheduled a follow-up hearing for Monday and ordered senior officials with the Interior Department, which oversees the property, to testify.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Flynn did not testify during the trial, and his defence team called no witnesses.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The appeals court also ruled the judge made a mistake in ruling prosecutors could cross-examine Weinstein about uncharged and decades-old allegations if he decided to testify.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

For the next few weeks, until July 27, the lawyers called witnesses to testify, and argued the case.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

But this week, as Warsh testifies before Congress for the first time as Fed chair, he will go before an audience of lawmakers who will want answers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

“Made in America” testifies to our continued ingenuity and abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Congress will also get its first chance to publicly question administration officials under oath about the war when Army Secretary Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

“Without anything I could see as even remotely a deadly force threat, he immediately goes for the throat,” said Ashley Heiberger, a retired police captain from Pennsylvania who frequently testifies in use-of-force cases.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

I don’t think I could say anything which better testifies to my depth of faith in Mr. Muhammad than that I totally and absolutely rejected my own intelligence.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

He testified that Vaccaro Hill stole money from him and that the couple argued about a post-nuptial agreement and his relationships with the mothers of his seven other children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

But a Park Service official testified Monday that none of the trees removed Saturday had been identified as hazardous.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

He also testified he had "searched" his "files, emails and documents from 2002 to 2004" and had in his "possession no records or documents or other communications that relate to Sibneft-Yugra".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"They took our sons from our lives forever," said Debra Robinson, who testified on the final day of the trial.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

After asking him to state his name for the record and establishing that he had previously appeared in court and testified against Walter McMillian, it was time to get to the heart of things.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The complainant said in a statement to Canadian broadcaster CBC that the trial was dismissed because she is "unwilling to sacrifice my mental health" by testifying.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Laura Overdeck is barred from testifying or introducing witnesses after the court found she obtained confidential emails from her husband’s laptop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In recent days Meta, which has more than three billion users around the world, tried to block ex-Meta employee and expert witness, Arturo Bejar, from testifying.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

After Trujillo finished testifying, prosecutors played a video of his earlier sworn statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

A public journal, testifying to those who will never die and those who are yet to be born, as to why we human beings do the things we do.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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