alibi
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Sept. 4 tells us whether that is analysis or alibi.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
During trial, Miles presented an alibi defense that included testimony from his parents, 12-year-old son, a neighbor in Las Vegas and the manager of his Las Vegas apartment, according to the district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
He discussed the faked livestream McCullagh attempted to stage as an alibi, as well as his manipulation of other people, including Natalie, her family, his own friends and the police.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
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
“He proved an alibi and he’s free. Tell me, did he leave you holding the bag?”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
While this is a true crime story with shaky alibis and prosecutorial misconduct, it is less a whodunit and more a nuanced exploration of reasonable doubt and how our system works or doesn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Other potential suspects had alibis of their own.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
"The alibis that were placed forward around the time of the trial; they've been blown out of the water," adds Mr Maleary.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Both Hall’s wife, scion of a prominent and wealthy New Jersey family, and Mills’s working-class husband appeared to have solid alibis.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
Excuses, alibis, and wild cover-up stories chased each other around Harry’s brain, each more feeble than the last.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Williams excoriated feminist leaders who excused Bill and alibied for him.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2017
Inc. Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson alibied his cancellation of a bridge match with the four Marx Brothers who play a fair game.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Berlin was bombed, Germans alibied that the R.A.F.:
From Time Magazine Archive
"The banquet hall was somewhat overheated," he alibied, "and President Kemal merely invited His Excellency the Egyptian Minister to remove his fez for his own greater comfort."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had recalled Sim Colby’s black ones while thinking of unusual eyes in general and had, in passing, set him down as one who stood alibied.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
By now Detroit was through alibiing for '58.
From Time Magazine Archive
The combination of televised second-guessing, N.F.L. stonewalling and coaches complaining, perhaps alibiing, has brought the striped-shirt arbiters a notoriety they would just as soon had passed them by.
From Time Magazine Archive
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