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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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Though the song order is Easter egg intentional – as with everything Swift – it’s bookended by a declaration of romantic salvation and a narrative from the perspective of a weary, yet defiant showgirl.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Force majeure is a legal declaration allowing a company to temporarily halt contractual supply obligations.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Corry realized the game was up and blurted out her confession.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In January 2010, a five-day hearing was held in the circuit court to hear testimony about Dassey's motion, much of which focused on evidence that his confession was coerced and that his trial counsel was ineffective.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 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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But there’s no visual affirmation in the form of flashbacks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Each was an exceptional play that delivered on defensive passing game coordinator Christian Parker’s summer affirmation that Mitchell could be one of the league’s greats.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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These assertions are self-evident but fishy.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Walz rejected the assertion that Minnesota is a sanctuary state.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of the shutdown is an insistence by Democrats that the stopgap bill must include a provision to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, and a refusal by Republicans to include the credits in government funding negotiations.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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And in that insistence, keep building legacy.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
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To be clear, Cheyava Falls is not confirmation that there was life on Mars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The confirmation of drones over Germany comes as NATO's Denmark investigates a wave of drone disruption to its airports that officials have characterized as a hybrid attack, and coincides with Estonian, Polish, and Romanian accusations against Russia of serious airspace incursions.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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