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Recent Examples of eyewitness
Protesters moved closer to the site’s perimeter before officers ordered the crowd to back away and deployed pepper balls, according to video footage and eyewitness accounts.
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 28 Jan. 2026
Video footage and eyewitness accounts have raised serious questions about the justification for lethal force.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The incident was first reported by The Fresno Bee, and eyewitnesses confirmed the vandalism to Outside.
—Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
The video evidence and eyewitness accounts that have surfaced so far refute that assertion.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 28 Jan. 2026
Video footage and eyewitness accounts have raised serious questions about the justification for lethal force.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The incident was first reported by The Fresno Bee, and eyewitnesses confirmed the vandalism to Outside.
—Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
The video evidence and eyewitness accounts that have surfaced so far refute that assertion.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyewitness
witness
Noun
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Police were dispatched to the White House official’s address that afternoon after a witness reported a suspicious person.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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As Hal witnesses crisis and inequality firsthand, the line between observing and acting begins to blur.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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