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alibi

[al-uh-bahy] / ˈæl əˌbaɪ /


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But he got his first name wrong, and the person he actually accused turned out to have a firm alibi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Ford determined that Hatley was the only person who couldn’t provide an alibi for the night of the murder.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Police had accepted his alibi and, on Christmas Eve, told McCullagh he was no longer viewed as a suspect.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Most surprising was the dialogue between Lee and the advanced OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT about how to create an alibi for Perpétuo’s injuries.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

There was one person who knew all of the details of Marcus’s case, and maybe even the alibi witness’s name—Anthony Miller, Marcus’s lawyer.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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