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• They are all compelled to bear witness: to tell the world about the unbelievable — namely, the horror of life, and death, in North Korea.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 June 2024
• Many of the past masters of jazz and the avant-garde have rarely been seen, so these videos bear witness to their genius.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 26 Oct. 2021
• His life bore witness to the importance of the Sabbath.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 1 Apr. 2024
• The heart scarab silenced the heart on Judgement Day, so as not to bear witness against the deceased.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2023
• Even the Hot 100 bears witness to the exclusion of Latin music.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
• Red Right 88 and the Drive — Andersen bore witness to those pain points, too.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• How can people bear witness today to events that happened in the past?
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2022
• These expressions bear witness to the indomitable will to survive, to thrive, to be free.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
• Because when somebody bears witness to you, that is just a huge piece of their healing.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
• To stand in the crowd at a Blackpink concert is to bear witness to a pantheon of pop superheroes.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2023
• The question of who gets to write the first record of history has always been about power and who gets to bear witness.
  — Essence, 3 Nov. 2023
• Her job, usually alone, was to bear witness — to try to hold the court accountable.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
• Luckily, those on board will bear witness to the latter.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
• Like Cassie Workman, Daniel is bearing witness to something few can bear to look at.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
• Young yachting families can use their time at sea to bear witness to how the ocean is changing.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022
• Young yachting families can use their time at sea to bear witness to how the ocean is changing.
  — Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• Inside, the faucets and washbasins that adorn each room still bear witness to its past existence.
  — April Clare Welsh, SPIN, 3 July 2024
• Holmes bore witness to it in 2018, when Janet Jackson went on with the show just days after her father’s passing.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 June 2024
• Understand that anyone who can’t see your worth simply has their head buried too deeply in the sand to bear witness to your shine.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
• As with so many landmarks in the city of Rome, the building it’s housed in has borne witness to many millennia of history.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 June 2023
• To bear witness to the beginning of a medium all the way up to now is pretty incredible to watch.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
• Tina Knowles Lawson and Genel Ambrose invite you to bear witness.
  — Martine Thompson, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
• Still, devotees came to bear witness to the latest retail revival.
  — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• While iconic of the American West, the jeans also bear witness to a dark episode in the country's history.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
• All along this riverbank, scraps of clothing bear witness to the many migrants who have been snared by razor wire in recent weeks.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Also just, the amazing fandom that supports all of these projects — it’s been a really cool thing to bear witness to.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 23 June 2023
• Calling on the strength of his ancestors, a young Mi’kmaq man reflects on the pain of bearing witness to the destruction of his homelands.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
• And to have all of you beautiful Black women bearing witness to the story, as the story moves forward, means so much.
  — Felice León, Essence, 17 Oct. 2023
• And yet, whether dressed in jet black or Pepto-Bismol pink, audiences of both films bear witness to the corruption of men.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• My home state was bearing witness to the biggest moments of our life together.
  — Pallavi Yetur, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024