witness
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Yet, for all the prominent figures present, none of India's pioneers were at Lord's to witness it.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He traveled in a van with Abdel-Rahman and Emad Salem, the government informant who later became a key witness in the federal case against Abdel-Rahman.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
North Hollywood resident Lilla Saito took two hours off work to witness the corpse flowers for the first time and tracked the livestream every day, “just waiting for it to bloom.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
When Diana Tupiza and Andres Alquinga decided to get married, they selected a rather unusual witness for the civil wedding ceremony: Luna, their Pekingese pup who stamped her paw print on the marriage certificate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
One witness after another swore it was Booth, John Wilkes Booth, who had shot the president.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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Police say witnesses reported the vehicle "driving erratically" around the top of the Great Orme.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that a trial judge had erred by excluding the plaintiffs’ expert medical witnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
According to the New Republic’s Greg Sargent, witnesses to the killing have allegedly been pressured to self-deport before they can testify.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
After Alquinga and Tupiza's ceremony, Luna stamped her paw on their marriage license, which also had the signatures of the couple -- and other human witnesses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
My head was full of everything that had transpired in court: I was replaying what witnesses had said and worrying about whether things had gone exactly right.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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“She’s still basically on a hero’s journey wanting to get justice for what happened to Remy and for the genocide that she witnessed and that she is a survivor of,” Zann says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It has witnessed some of our greatest triumphs and deepest failures.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
"It's been very special to have witnessed the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry, and especially for it to be back on these shores for the first time in probably a thousand years," added Cullinan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
We just witnessed two great examples of what the absence of prior planning produces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The fact that Brooklyn and the rest of the team witnessed it in person was just a case of being in the wrong place at the right time.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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We’re all witnessing the death or consolidation of corporate media, and there are very few outlets for the kind of comedy I like.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
There’s a difference, as one might expect, watching the newcomers interact and witnessing seasoned performers like Messrs. Simmons and Welliver play off each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Argentina's fans started the party long before kick-off and the atmosphere in the stadium was phenomenal as everyone realised they were witnessing history.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
There were 10,000 empty seats that evening, with the band performing for some 25,000 fans who were entirely unaware that they were witnessing The Beatles’ last hurrah before a paying audience.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
I told Kami that what we were witnessing was private, and that Emily would be embarrassed by it tomorrow.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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