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Recent Examples of cross-examination
The state’s final witness, a former Texas Ranger who created an animation of the first arriving officer’s movements, took more than four hours of intense cross-examination.
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Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
During cross-examination, the defense tried to cast doubt on the reliability of Flores’ testimony, suggesting that the trauma might have distorted her memories of the shooting.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
The siblings’ emotions calcified during Streisand’s pointed cross-examination.
—Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Bowman underwent a little more than an hour of cross-examination from Senior State’s Attorney Russell Zentner before court adjourned for the day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
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Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
During cross-examination, the defense tried to cast doubt on the reliability of Flores’ testimony, suggesting that the trauma might have distorted her memories of the shooting.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
The siblings’ emotions calcified during Streisand’s pointed cross-examination.
—Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Bowman underwent a little more than an hour of cross-examination from Senior State’s Attorney Russell Zentner before court adjourned for the day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-examination
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The goal is to expand palates and preconceptions beyond the kebab, but Grigoryan plans on introducing some to the menu via sidewalk grilling once the weather warms.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Grill Small Foods To keep sliced zucchini, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, green beans, and other small vegetables from slipping through the grill grates, spread them on a cooling rack with a square grid and place it over your grill grates to use as a grilling basket.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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The decisive opportunity—and the most formidable challenge—resides within the Gordian knot of healthcare operations.—
Sahar Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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While the protocol was originally developed to demonstrate challenges that those on the autism spectrum have in recognizing the mental states of others, the test has since been widely applied as a measure of theory of mind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed survey and biometric data from more than 320,000 British adults aged 39 to 74.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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But one survey published in 2024 found that, on average, more than 60% of men from the US and six other countries were open to trying a new male contraceptive method in the first year of availability.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Those who made the cut will return Friday and fill out an 18-page questionnaire.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Back in 2013, O'Hara did a questionnaire for Vanity Fair that featured prompts about death and dying.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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The appeals court said the judges who ruled against Habba did not request a rehearing, and that a majority of the full court voted against taking the case en banc.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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In oral arguments last month during the Supreme Court’s unusual rehearing of the case, the high court appeared inclined to limit the use of race in redistricting.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
19 Nov. 2025
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The president called for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
27 Nov. 2025
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At first, the news of the Bondi Beach reinvestigation seemed to give Steve and Noone common cause.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Namely, the interrogation of tailoring, playing with transitional turning points that makes for outsize shapes and subversive silhouettes.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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In quasi-noir mode, the action cuts back repeatedly to Elliot in rough shape in a police interrogation room, being questioned by two detectives (Margaret Cho and Johnny Knoxville, relishing the chance to shove aside their anticonventional reputations and play stern authority figures).—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Take the quiz here … BUCKLE UP – Major airline scraps two signature policies many passengers long depended on.—
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FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here.—
Melinda Yao,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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