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[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

She detailed what it was like to witness her father shackled at the ankles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“No one / bears witness for the / witness,” he writes in the 1967 poem “Ashglory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The witness is married to Complainant A and cannot be named to protect her anonymity.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Katherine’s angles were a little off, so she’d gotten only two shots with complete names and addresses and phone numbers, and two other witness names that could be pieced together from multiple shots.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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