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He is governing and loathsome, with a knack for manipulation that merely foreshadows what audiences witness in the film’s second half.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

In the witness box he also changed his account of what had happened on the night, but denied claims that was to "dovetail" with the account of another witness.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Interest in a witness to a murder trial reached a fever pitch after Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Mauritian anti-corruption watchdog said a joint investigation by the FBI and Mauritius's Financial Crimes Commission had yielded witness statements, digital evidence and recordings to support the corruption allegation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

As they walk up the drive, I huddle deeper into the cover of the curtain, and feel a weird kind of relief that Karly isn’t here to witness this.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The information they were receiving explained why some witnesses weren't talking.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

During the first trial, Haney called several witnesses in an attempt to undercut the prosecution’s theory of the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Through Mr. Smith’s skillful use of this and many other primary sources, Mignon Langnas joins her fellow diarists Anne Frank and Victor Klemperer as eyewitnesses to catastrophe and witnesses for posterity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Like everyone, we're examining social media associations, talking to witnesses, friends and colleagues," Victoria police commissioner Mike Bush told journalists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The law didn’t recognize the dead as reliable witnesses.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Scotland saw a major resurgence in 1661, and it was not until 1727 that Britons witnessed the final execution of a so-called witch, a Scottish woman named Janet Horne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

October has witnessed several crises: faltering confidence in the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom and chaos in the French bond market are chief among them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

For Professor Gareth Collins of Imperial College London, the discovery brings a satisfying conclusion to a controversy he witnessed firsthand.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I never advised Kao to make a political contribution in exchange for official action. I never participated in, witnessed or had knowledge of any illegal political contribution.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Struggling out onto the ice, the crew witnessed the last of Endurance, a mile and a half away, as her bows went under.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

But witnessing the shuttle upright — an idea that emerged out of a Science Center master plan over 30 years ago — is an entirely different thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Quality stocks, defined as those with superior profitability, strong balance sheets and predictable earnings, are witnessing a breakout in performance, he says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Scholars have claimed that there is something very different about the visceral experience of witnessing the state putting someone to death and the experience of watching that happen on television or a video feed.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the 35-year-old actor recalls witnessing the stress and insecurities experienced by friends over who had the most followers, or who followed who on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

After the fact, eyewitness testimony became a form of virtual witnessing, hence Boyle’s insistence that he did not appeal ‘to other Writers as to Judges, but as to Witnesses’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton