cross-examined

verb

past tense of cross-examine
as in examined

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  1. examined
  2. bombarded
  3. interrogated
  4. besieged
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  • Khan’s lawyers and family have also accused the government of defying a court order that required him to be examined at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These cases represent a fraction of the unidentified victims whose remains have been examined over the years.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of examined
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  • Over billions of years, this wind has bombarded every body in the vicinity of the Sun, including Earth’s Moon.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Ojai center was bombarded with intrusive calls, and conspiracy theorists accused the staff of manipulating information to secure donations.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombarded
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  • Zahra says she was held in detention for four days, where she was interrogated and beaten.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both men were taken to be interrogated by Doral police for the earlier shooting.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of interrogated
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  • The second was navigating a WNBA game with a lineup besieged by injury.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • An American’s home is among those besieged by Israeli settlers.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieged
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