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Recent Examples of testified
Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Benning's cause of death was a fatal combination of a large amount of cocaine dissolved in alcohol, medical examiners testified during Taylor's trial.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The idea was for Carrol to become an eyewitness to the sheriff’s encounters with others in the office, to foil potential future allegations of improper conduct, Carrol testified.
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Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
Butler testified during the trial that the bullet hit him in the shoulder and missed his spine by centimeters.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Abrams also testified in support of the measure, speaking on behalf of the Utility Wildfire Survivors Coalition.
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Alula Alderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Three former Google executives testified during the trial that Google’s investment in GoTo was unrelated to the Indonesian government’s decision.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Blair Vogler, the council member’s wife, testified that the attack left her husband with second- and third-degree burns across 60% of his body.
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James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Chernyshova testified that Weinstein arrived uninvited to her hotel room during the 2013 LA Italia Film Festival and assaulted her.
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Andrew Dalton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Benning's cause of death was a fatal combination of a large amount of cocaine dissolved in alcohol, medical examiners testified during Taylor's trial.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The idea was for Carrol to become an eyewitness to the sheriff’s encounters with others in the office, to foil potential future allegations of improper conduct, Carrol testified.
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Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
Butler testified during the trial that the bullet hit him in the shoulder and missed his spine by centimeters.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Abrams also testified in support of the measure, speaking on behalf of the Utility Wildfire Survivors Coalition.
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Alula Alderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Three former Google executives testified during the trial that Google’s investment in GoTo was unrelated to the Indonesian government’s decision.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Blair Vogler, the council member’s wife, testified that the attack left her husband with second- and third-degree burns across 60% of his body.
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James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Chernyshova testified that Weinstein arrived uninvited to her hotel room during the 2013 LA Italia Film Festival and assaulted her.
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Andrew Dalton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testified
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There were even Colombian fans with yellow and red split shirts, who swore allegiance to their beloved Colombia, but wanted to pay their respect to one of the legends of the game.
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McNulty said his mother never swore unless necessary for a good joke.
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The ruling upholds Illinois law, which allows mail-in ballots postmarked — or personally attested to — by Election Day to be counted up to two weeks afterward.
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All shade is not created equal, a point attested by anyone who’s tried to grow plants under a Norway maple instead of a honey locust tree.
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Like the families of other survivors, Dennis Dahmer’s family has witnessed the methodical dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.
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Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.
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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
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Zabrisky added that intercepted communications and witness accounts suggest Russian drone operators are regularly rotated through Kherson and nearby areas, although those claims have not been independently verified.
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“Testified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testified. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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