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testify

[tes-tuh-fahy] / ˈtɛs təˌfaɪ /


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“He just sat there and ate it,” McKay would later testify.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The case goes to a congressional hearing, where Road Runner bursts into the room and becomes the only creature to testify on Coyote’s behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The proposed rule change led to a groundswell of opposition from some firefighters, who travelled to the state capital to testify about how it has improved their health.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor said they had collected evidence from 24 different Israeli military or intelligence figures who agreed to testify on camera in Tel Aviv as long as their identities were protected.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Every now and again one of them came home to testify of the wonders the Lord had worked through him, or her.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

But this week, as Warsh testifies before Congress for the first time as Fed chair, he will go before an audience of lawmakers who will want answers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

That Lionsgate is giving what might be their one and only team-up a wide release testifies to the studio’s confidence that it will be one of the defining stunt films of the decade.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

“Made in America” testifies to our continued ingenuity and abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

Congress will also get its first chance to publicly question administration officials under oath about the war when Army Secretary Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

From Barron's Apr. 13, 2026

He wears thick glasses, which he touches over and over again as he testifies.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers

During the high-profile hit-and-run trial of Rebecca Grossman, a California Highway Patrol officer testified that he stopped her for speeding and warned her that driving above the speed limit could have fatal consequences.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, Nadella testified that “anything that is paywalled should be licensed by anyone who wants to use it,” for purposes including AI training.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Kerstetter further testified that Walters’ phone had pinged in Comanche only one other time during the preceding 11 months, about two weeks before the break-in.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

An expert witness, a psychiatrist, testified that the boy had schizophrenia, and had suffered from mental illness and experienced delusions since he was nine years old.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Ann testified that I had done the right thing to convince her to be with her husband at Point Comfort.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

In recent days Meta, which has more than three billion users around the world, tried to block ex-Meta employee and expert witness, Arturo Bejar, from testifying.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Meta’s attempt to nix Béjar from the case came as he was testifying in yet another product liability suit against the company in state court in Nashville — this one brought by Tennessee Atty.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

At a time when Black people were often prohibited from testifying in court, habeas became a vehicle by which they could testify to the facts underlying their claims.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Meta employees were asked to take them off at a trial where Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was testifying earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In criminal cases, witnesses who will be testifying are required to sit outside the courtroom so they can’t alter their testimony based on what other witnesses say.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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