be a witness
Example Sentences
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was also expected to be a witness, but the company settled with the plaintiff last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Loktev didn’t set out to be a witness to history, but what she’s emerged with is an indispensable record and a rallying cry.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Are you going to be a witness to other people’s moral failings or moral worldview?
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025
But she was removed from it about two months later when it was recognised that she would be a witness, and the probe was restarted.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025
The kind of hope that creates a willingness to position oneself in a hopeless place and be a witness, that allows one to believe in a better future, even in the face of abusive power.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
