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But the man remains essentially inscrutable, as if we are cross-examining him from the distance of a drone — we learn where and when he went, but we have no idea why.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

We feel small when we are cross-examining you. 

From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Tatlow, Joseph