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Recent Examples of eyewitness
The lawsuits cite eyewitness reports of sparking power lines.
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Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: Federal authorities arrived Wednesday at the Cedar Run Apartments in southeast Denver around 4am, according to an eyewitness.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Skydive Arizona said at the time that eyewitness accounts indicated the free fall phase of Wick’s skydive appeared normal, with the parachute deploying as expected.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
In more recent history, a mysterious explosion in rural Russia on June 30, 1908 turned out to be the result of an air burst from an asteroid; the Tunguska event, as it is now called, razed over 80 million trees and resulted in the deaths of 3 people, according to eyewitness accounts.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: Federal authorities arrived Wednesday at the Cedar Run Apartments in southeast Denver around 4am, according to an eyewitness.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Skydive Arizona said at the time that eyewitness accounts indicated the free fall phase of Wick’s skydive appeared normal, with the parachute deploying as expected.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
In more recent history, a mysterious explosion in rural Russia on June 30, 1908 turned out to be the result of an air burst from an asteroid; the Tunguska event, as it is now called, razed over 80 million trees and resulted in the deaths of 3 people, according to eyewitness accounts.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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