cross-examine
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An authority that comes from nowhere visible, accountable to nothing you can touch or verify or cross-examine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
They’ve got one cooperator, but you can cross-examine the cooperator, who’s cooperating in hopes of a more lenient sentence.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026
But Graham’s defense attorney never got a chance to cross-examine Prow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
They would call him as a witness, cross-examine him and, if he didn't comply, level a second misconduct charge at him.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
Nels Gudmundsson now tottered to his feet in order to cross-examine Sterling Whitman.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
I'm told he "cross-examines" them and their officials - and if their answers aren't up to snuff, they get called in for another meeting.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Giuliani said at the lectern, doing a terrible Joe Pesci, from the scene where he cross-examines an elderly eyewitness with bad eyesight.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020
When I think about Harris, I remember her performance at Senate hearings: the way she challenges people, cross-examines them, and handles herself in a room.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2020
The latest secret witness is expected to testify Wednesday, after Durst’s defense team cross-examines Barnes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2017
She is a wonder, if anybody cross-examines you.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
Garcia joined Fields in the back row, watching as Steel cross-examined Kacey Hester, also known as OTF Jam, one of the admitted shooters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Victims are often cross-examined during the lengthy legal proceedings, which frequently deepens their sense of guilt, Tsang noted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Because Florsheim had no lawyer, he cross-examined his neighbor himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Judge Mr Justice Bennathan KC had cautioned the jury not to rely on Trump's account as the main basis for a conviction, noting he had not given evidence under oath or been cross-examined.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
After Helen Joseph had been cross-examined and reexamined, accused number three, Ahmed Kathrada, opened his case.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
With this rule in place, and with prosecutors thirsty to invoke it, the first part of every excessive punishment analysis turns into Tom Cruise cross-examining Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men: Q: “Grave Danger?”
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
“Especially since I’m Latino and it wasn’t lost on me that this person was head of the Border Patrol and that a lawyer who’s named Cuauhtémoc is cross-examining him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Paul Gallagher SC was cross-examining Mr Adams on Wednesday and referred to multiple books and newspaper stories about Mr Adams.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
“You’re the last adult to have possession of that gun,” assistant prosecutor Marc Keast said while cross-examining Jennifer Crumbley last week.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
It’s like he was cross-examining my subconscious, looking for some clue he might have missed the ninety-ninth time around.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
