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witness

[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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She said it’s more irritating, for instance, to overhear social-media videos than to witness a face-to-face conversation at the same volume, because “personal listening devices are supposed to be personal.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

About 8,000 visiting fans, a figure that was much larger than previous away allocations, had been allowed into Ibrox back in March to witness Celtic's penalty shootout win.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Randy Johnson, a developer called as an expert witness in the second lawsuit, advised Carter that many historic buildings on campus are not worth saving.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

She is involved in a bus accident that results in a fatality and, with the crusading passion that so many people felt after 9/11, decides to get involved as a witness and truth-teller.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Dozens of miles away from the volcano, there was still plenty of destruction and devastation to report on and witness.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Ian Turkington KC represented Eleanor Donaldson during her trial of the facts, cross-examining witnesses and issuing closing remarks on behalf of his client towards the end of the trial.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Rush hour traffic was moving slowly when Rios’s Expedition entered one of the busiest junctions in the San Fernando Valley, but the SUV did not appear to brake before it T-boned the bus, witnesses said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Corroborating evidence can include photos, texts, police reports, hospital records and witnesses, all of which must be handled in a specific way.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

After widespread concessions from managers and other witnesses, it's expected the Thirlwall Inquiry will find there was a total failure of processes to ensure patient safety at every level at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Then he would have to slide again with everyone watching so that there would be witnesses.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

A spokesperson for Colmore and Southside Business Improvement Districts said wardens had, on occasion, witnessed groups of riders while carrying out patrols and had shared information with relevant agencies where appropriate.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

He has repeatedly urged the international community to extend the mandate of the peacekeepers, who have witnessed war after war in south Lebanon since the mission was first deployed.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

In each of those cases, what we have witnessed is the court enforcing federal statutes.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

Bank of America argues that equity markets can withstand more severe bond market shocks than those witnessed so far in 2026 and that volatility may be better guide to risk than Treasury yields at present.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Then I rose up on my curtainless bed, trembling and quivering; and then the still, dark night witnessed the convulsion of despair, and heard the burst of passion.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Although some elements of the person are still detectable, the sense of loss is ongoing, like witnessing a living death.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

AfD state lawmaker Daniel Wald, 44, compared the unbridled happiness to the collective joy he remembers witnessing as a child on the day the Berlin Wall fell.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Those are surely factors, but what we are witnessing is a legal show trial, acting out institutionalized vengeance toward a mother who was severely and obviously mentally ill, something on which both sides agree.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Strangers sang to each other in joyful unison, while others closed their eyes or held their hands on their chest in complete awe of witnessing a veteran artist in her element.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

In my innocence, I suspected that the obscene jazz issuing forth from the loudspeakers on the walls of the factory was at the root of the apathy which I was witnessing among the workers.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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