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witness

[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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The witness directed responding officers to Parking Structure 8, where Akindahunsi was taken into custody.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

The Madhya Pradesh High Court had earlier cancelled her anticipatory bail, finding that a trial court had ignored key evidence and witness testimony.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The witness most instrumental to Fernandez’s conviction also admitted at trial to a history of lying in court.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Mr. Ahamed, an unapologetic silver man, goes so far in his advocacy of remedial government action as to suborn the long-departed author of “Lombard Street,” published in 1873, to bear false witness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

They did find a witness who’d seen a man leave the Louvre the morning of the theft.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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