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Recent Examples of self-incrimination
Overstreet, on his attorney's advice, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
So far, three of Biden’s aides have pleaded their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 July 2025
The endeavor ultimately showed how the group's interdependent dynamic made for constant self-incrimination and insensitivity masquerading as selflessness.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
O'Connor declined to answer questions during a deposition scheduled for Wednesday in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government, asserting physician-patient privilege as well as his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 9 July 2025
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
So far, three of Biden’s aides have pleaded their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 July 2025
The endeavor ultimately showed how the group's interdependent dynamic made for constant self-incrimination and insensitivity masquerading as selflessness.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
O'Connor declined to answer questions during a deposition scheduled for Wednesday in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government, asserting physician-patient privilege as well as his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-incrimination
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In that sense, the song feels like a defining turning point in their career — both a declaration and a promise of what’s to come.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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The region is also still recovering from major flooding in August of last year - Kipnuk, one of the villages hardest hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, received one of the first-ever federal disaster declarations for an Alaska tribe in the wake of that flooding.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors retried one of the men, John Kogut – who had made a coerced confession to the murder – but he was acquitted.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Bethea ignored him and gave his last confession to the priest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2024
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The book was an affirmation of love and the power of relationships.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its constant affirmation of the user also bordered on dangerous, becoming sycophantic and encouraging delusions, as the company discussed in an April blog post.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Oct. 2025
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The heist comes off as an acte gratuit—André Gide’s term for an action whose motivelessness is an assertion of freedom—and gives rise to the existential adventure of a hunted man on the run.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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Then-Media School Dean James Shanahan rebutted the assertion, saying the school had never sought to influence the paper's content.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
14 Oct. 2025
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Michael’s insistence on keeping certain shots was becoming more pronounced.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, despite the president’s insistence to the contrary, tariffs are driving up inflation, the note said, with the rate expected to hit 3 percent by December, a full point above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent goal.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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One of the victims may have been pregnant, pending confirmation from an autopsy, officials said.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The confirmation comes when RSI climbs back above 30.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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The self-reproaches are reproaches against a loved object which have been shifted away from it on to the patient’s ego.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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That guilt can deepen the cycle, turning what started as self-care into self-reproach.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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“Self-incrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-incrimination. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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