corroborate
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Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued Davis’s book was a self-aggrandizing fiction designed to profit from Tupac’s historical slaying and insisted there was little evidence to corroborate his client’s written claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It is hardly surprising that journalists would be interested in trying to corroborate her account.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not only can their arrival time suggest that they dwelt with other particles for a negative amount of time, but if one asks those other particles, they will corroborate the story.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
He explained that's because test results aren't typically made public without multiple rounds of testing to corroborate findings – "to make sure that the positive is indeed a positive".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Its expressions of equality are generally used to corroborate some existing doctrine, and little if any effort is expended to construct counter-examples.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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"An eyewitness account of about 20 'geese' taking flight and heading toward the river just minutes before a loud bang was heard corroborates geese in the area shortly before the crash."
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Treasury yields fell as a slew of data corroborates U.S. inflation concerns while giving mixed signals about economic activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
They can be scathingly ironic, alert to every hypocrisy that corroborates their cynical worldview, and even seductive in a perverse, power-mad way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
But for Dyne, Matteis believes the deal for Avidity is “highly validating,” as it corroborates the expected value of muscle-delivery technology and the attractiveness of the markets for even rare diseases like DMD.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
“It corroborates what Marietta and I found out earlier,” Louis said.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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Another witness, in his thirties, corroborated reports of an explosion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
“They’ve then heard and seen through the news coverage that those incidents were corroborated by admissible evidence in court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
A filing from late June included declarations from former classmates that Doe’s attorney, Zach Rosenblatt, said corroborated his client’s claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The BBC has corroborated a number of the women's accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Thus far the facts ascertained corroborated Wells’ story most persuasively.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Meanwhile, Britain’s Labour government stalled on corroborating its ally’s assertions while Labour held its annual conference and rallied to a new prime minister, Andy Burnham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In time, more evidence may come to light either corroborating or disproving the allegations, but right now, we’re pulling on some pretty thin threads.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
He said the paper had produced "no contemporaneous record or corroborating evidence to support these disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago".
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
The department claimed to have found corroborating evidence, but did not elaborate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
What happens when the whistle-blowers’ corroborating evidence is factored into the analysis of the match data?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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