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Recent Examples of testify
Routh, a North Carolina native, didn’t testify in his own defense at trial.
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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to testify in Congress about Epstein in the near future.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Email your Baltimore County legislators, listen to the bill hearings and testify.
—Carl Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to testify before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to testify in Congress about Epstein in the near future.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Email your Baltimore County legislators, listen to the bill hearings and testify.
—Carl Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to testify before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for testify
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Menefee will fill the remainder of Turner’s term, which ends when a new Congress is sworn into office in January 2027.—
John Hanna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Viviscal’s formula is a favorite among shoppers, who swear it’s filled in sparse spots and prevented shedding—quickly.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
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And his time was one too of witnessing the willful destruction of entire cultures, the taking of lands, the Trail of Tears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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As a result, people in Minnesota and across the country are exercising their First Amendment rights to peacefully witness, film and livestream ICE and CBP’s operations.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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After the Aphex Twin nod, however, anyone who was into the harder end of hardcore breaks could attest that KAVARI’s original productions, heard in basements from Seoul to Vienna, were as electrifying as her edits.—
James Gui,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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As any Milwaukeean can attest, this January got really cold.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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But the numbers have been steadily climbing as a network of international nongovernmental organizations has worked to verify the scale of the crackdown.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Engineers continue to verify system readiness before allowing underwater testing to begin.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Testify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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