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Recent Examples of testify None of the defendants committed murders in prison during that time, Edens testified. —
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026 The prosecutor said Mann would testify about Weinstein’s intense interest in her upbringing, asking her questions about growing up poor in a dairy farm town in Washington State, and being raised by an evangelical family that at times lived in a mobile home. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Weinstein is accused in this case of assaulting Jessica Mann, who has testified at two previous trials that the producer raped her at a Manhattan hotel room in March 2013. —Karla Cote, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 Selig testified at a House Agriculture Committee meeting last Thursday that the CFTC is taking precautions as the chief regulator. —Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for testify
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026 The prosecutor said Mann would testify about Weinstein’s intense interest in her upbringing, asking her questions about growing up poor in a dairy farm town in Washington State, and being raised by an evangelical family that at times lived in a mobile home. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Weinstein is accused in this case of assaulting Jessica Mann, who has testified at two previous trials that the producer raped her at a Manhattan hotel room in March 2013. —Karla Cote, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 Selig testified at a House Agriculture Committee meeting last Thursday that the CFTC is taking precautions as the chief regulator. —Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for testify
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The amnesty comes a week after Min Aung Hlaing was sworn into office following an election that critics say was neither free nor fair and was orchestrated to keep the military's iron grip on power.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The latter swears an oath to uphold the laws of this country and to preserve and safeguard the Constitution.— Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
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Obama administration negotiators witnessed this firsthand, as Iran whittled down resistance to some of its demands over years of talks that led to the 2015 nuclear deal.— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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At a restroom in a retail store near Corbin Avenue and Nordhoff Street in Winnetka, a victim reported, a suspect was witnessed using his cellphone to record her from under the stall.— City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
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David Harris, a former longtime Republican state representative from Arlington Heights, attested to that based on their time working together on revenue issues.— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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That ability to connect was part of West’s magic, as attested to by the string of NBA legends who pay tribute to him in the documentary, including Lakers such as Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Pat Riley and O’Neal, along with Steph Curry and Michael Jordan.— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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The theoretical paper was published in Physical Review Letters, and the team is expected to conduct laboratory experiments to verify the same soon.— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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In December 2025, Samuel published the results of an experiment that verified this.— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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