prove a case

Example Sentences

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“Let’s say, for example, Harvey Weinstein: It was very difficult to prove a case when there was only one person because there was a tendency to turn it into a so-called ‘he-said, she-said’ situation.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

You don’t have to prove a case before you bring it.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2024

That this case did not result in a mistrial or a hung jury tells me that the failure to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt was not even close.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018

“You should expect and demand more from the government when they have the burden to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2017

To plant a tree and leave it to the tenderness of nature, with only occasional attention, is to make the heart sick, for it is certain to prove a case of hope deferred.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams