Example Sentences

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He has been testifying as a defendant in his trial since last December while Israel has been at war, and hasn’t been convicted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Dr. Mitchell has been testifying in pretrial hearings in the death penalty cases at Guantánamo Bay since 2020 and never mentioned it before.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Milchan, 78, has been testifying by videoconference from Brighton, England, which is near where he is based.

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2023

For three days, Johnny Depp has been testifying in a libel trial that, at least in theory, is about whether Amber Heard defamed him in a 2018 newspaper op-ed.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Former McKinsey consultant Anil Kumar has been testifying against Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon hedge fund billionaire, before a jury.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2011