cross-examine

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An authority that comes from nowhere visible, accountable to nothing you can touch or verify or cross-examine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But Graham’s defense attorney never got a chance to cross-examine Prow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

“As laid out by Jack Smith in his report, the evidence here seems very strong, but, of course, a defendant would have an opportunity to cross-examine every witness and present his own defense,” McQuade said.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

The Harris campaign had wanted the mics to stay hot to lure Trump into being an overbearing jerk who consistently spoke over her and to allow Harris to cross-examine the former president.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

Nels Gudmundsson now tottered to his feet in order to cross-examine Sterling Whitman.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson