self-incrimination

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Recent Examples of self-incrimination 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 He’s got to play the sort of movie star, but it’s got to be undercut with this layer of self-incrimination. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 The former Syracuse University basketball player, 26, had came to court Tuesday morning to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-incrimination
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Noun
  • Zaldivar said in an age where more people are turning away from their faith, the declaration of the young saints is inspiring to many Catholics looking towards the future of the church.
    Lauren Costantino September 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by Shwalb, comes nearly a month after the President deployed more than 2,000 federal troops to the nation’s capital following his declaration of a public safety emergency over crime in the city declaration.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • During the eighth episode of the show, Belly and Conrad have an awkward encounter following his confession on the beach.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The second season of the Netflix hit ended on a cliffhanger with Jackie finally confessing her feelings to Cole, but Alex hearing the confession.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • By aggregating the right data features and triangulating multiple points of affirmation, situational certainty grows strong, enabling confident real-time actions that drive business outcomes.
    Bill Waid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Spiritual practices, such as affirmations and manifestations, are commonly incorporated into wellness influencer’s approach to achieving a cleaner and healthier lifestyle.
    Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Addressing the administration’s assertion that one of the gang’s main aims was to sow social chaos in the United States through drug trafficking, the opinion said that while devastating, the practice did not amount to invasion or incursion under the 1798 statute.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Israeli officials acknowledge there is hunger in parts of Gaza but reject assertions of famine or starvation.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a series that is admirably earnest, Last Rites easily takes the cake as the most wholesome chapter of the bunch, its insistence on God and faith teetering on religious propaganda.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Others, however, pushed back on the insistence for traditional gifts.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The legislation would terminate the current attorney general’s term on the day the bill is signed into law, and his successor would not need Senate confirmation.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • During his confirmation hearing for labor secretary, Acosta had said based on the evidence, his office decided a plea that guarantees someone goes to jail is a good thing.
    Randi Kaye, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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