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eyewitness

[ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis] / ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˈwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs /


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Travis, the getaway driver, did, however; his eyewitness account was arguably the most damaging.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

This was confirmed by a new satellite image and a couple of eyewitness account from pilots flying above, he said.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The system, though more reliable than the average eyewitness, isn’t perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

“All the while, the hallmark of this case stared back at us: a flawed eyewitness identification procedure that never should have led to a conviction.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Not long after, Bryant and Milam sold their eyewitness confessional story to Look magazine for four thousand dollars.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

In his 2019 self-published memoir “Compton Street Legend,” Davis wrote: “I’m one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac’s killing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

But ICE has provided no proof, and in Araujo’s case, eyewitnesses say the agency is lying about what happened.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The defence highlighted perceived shortcomings in scene management, potential contamination of DNA evidence and that eyewitnesses failed to identify Mr Fox as being involved in the raid.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

But before the after-action accounts of the duel degenerated into a duel of its own, the only two eyewitnesses, Pendleton and Van Ness, published a “Joint Statement.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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