witness
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The day before, Panish had hammered the surgeon on the witness stand, asking: “Do you admit your wife killed the two kids? Do you admit it? Yes or no?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
A defendant representing himself who called his own father as a character witness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"It's incredible to just be a part of and witness - never mind to actually be learning from her and seeing her as a friend and an opponent."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
To witness, in the Christian sense, is not to merely describe events.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
It was a house’s job to know everything about the people within him, to track movements and bear witness to the lives lived.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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