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Recent Examples of cross-examination
On cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur drilled down on Wier Vaught’s history as a top Madigan aide, asking whether she was often seen on the House floor.
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
During a roughly 10-minute cross-examination of Lynch, Campbell emphasized the limitations of the professor’s study, noting that the questions posed to the survey respondents are different than what a real-life jury would be told.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Trump demanded he be given a new trial over allegations that the jury heard improper testimony and Trump was wrongly precluded from asking Carroll certain questions during cross-examination.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Day 3 The jury heard more testimony read back from the cross-examination of Harris.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
During a roughly 10-minute cross-examination of Lynch, Campbell emphasized the limitations of the professor’s study, noting that the questions posed to the survey respondents are different than what a real-life jury would be told.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Trump demanded he be given a new trial over allegations that the jury heard improper testimony and Trump was wrongly precluded from asking Carroll certain questions during cross-examination.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Day 3 The jury heard more testimony read back from the cross-examination of Harris.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-examination
Noun
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The order is almost certain to face legal challenges.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s executive orders will likely face legal challenges in the months and years ahead.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Internal affairs officials told the station brass, who sent surveys to a few dozen deputies asking whether the image was the symbol of a deputy gang or subgroup — and the deputies all said no.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The team administered surveys to students, staff and parents about bullying and conflict management in preparation for the program and a pair of second- through fifth-grade assemblies.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Of those who answered, 189 completed the two-page questionnaire, county officials said.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The authors focused on identifying characters with sufficient screen time to learn enough about their childhoods to make a reasonable assessment based on the questionnaire.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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But a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal in July overturned that ruling, and the full appeals court later declined a request for a rehearing.—
Jim Saunders,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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In response to a request for a rehearing en banc, the court requested that the government file a response by noon on December 31, 2024.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Except, Zhu doesn’t do anything all that interesting with this interrogation, other than briefly hinting at and abandoning it.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Her legal team specifically cited a ruling from the same year by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded Knox’s rights to a lawyer and an interpreter were violated during her initial interrogations with Italian authorities.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Take the quiz here … ‘NO SHAME’ – Airline passengers are cheating their way to free drinks with new hack.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Plus nine other questions from our weekly news quiz.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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When reached Wednesday, Lucy Fernandez’s family declined to comment on the hearing.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Following the hearing, an NYPD spokesman told the Daily News that Fabrizi had been suspended without pay.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yes No View Results The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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Ford adds he’s filed some version of the bill every year since 2015 and nothing about his actions are motivated by Johnson’s current struggles with voters, including a November Change Research poll that found 70% of them now have an unfavorable opinion of him.—
Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Jan. 2025
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