witnesses

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Police could canvass neighborhoods, interview witnesses, check traffic cameras, maybe pull hotel records or receipts.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Those witnesses included Musk and Altman themselves, plus Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, which Musk accused of helping in the scheme.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Though Porter became well-known for her blunt questioning of witnesses in Congress, her brusque style has not translated to broad support in California’s 2026 governor’s race.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Quintilian also separates the evidence of signs or clues from the evidence of witnesses; indeed, as in The Logic of Port-Royal, the evidence of signs is ‘internal’ and the evidence of witnesses is ‘external’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton