the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
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Even in Repetition, however, so much remains unsaid—not to protect the parents, but to protect the self.—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 My next feature will explore the emotional violence of silence against women – the things left unsaid, the complicity of those who look away.—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026 The response of corporate America to those killings was instructive — both for what was said and left unsaid.—Alessandro Piazza, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026 Instead, symbols, especially flowers, became powerful ways to communicate feelings that might otherwise go unsaid.—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsay