Word: vouch
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Terry's public defender had no difficulty finding character witness after character witness to vouch for her: colleagues, her boss's boss, fire fighters and forest volunteers, all uncowed by public anger, standing by a friend who they said had made an unthinkable mistake. The judge denied the government's request to lock her up without bail; if she manages to raise 10% of her $600,000 bond, she can await trial in a halfway house...
...bogus monk, he is interrogated at a nearby temple by its abbot, Phra Thai Thammarat, and Phra Khrusri Pattanakhun, chief of the monk police. He insists he's a real monk from Chaiyaphum. But when Phra Khrusri calls a few of Charoen's supposed temples, no one will vouch for him. Rather than turn him over to the two waiting policemen, the abbot decides Charoen should be disrobed and expelled for improper begging. The legal penalty is only $4.50 for the first offense. Repeat offenders can get a year in jail, but that's rare. The monks want...
...college-age Nebraskans did in 1998 after reading a school-newspaper ad urging students to "earn extra money." They called 402-474-PAYS, signed a seven-page consent form and popped a pill loaded with the active ingredient in Raid roach spray. Dow AgroSciences commissioned the trial to vouch for the safety of one of its top-selling bug killers, chlorpyrifos...
...former FBI special agent who lived the Mafia lifestyle for six years in deep cover as Donnie Brasco, I can vouch for the authenticity of The Sopranos, the HBO phenomenon created by David Chase. I lived day and night with the Bonnano crime family of New York City, interacting with wiseguys and their families, attending Mob weddings, funerals and family get-togethers. Chase understands their subtleties, from the emphatic hand gestures to their unwritten code of honor...
...anyway?the new wonder medicine is raising patients' hopes and inspiring reveries of recovery. For one thing, it was invented by a bona fide pharmacist?never mind that his scientific expertise was with prawns and not people. For another, dozens of his patients are eager and willing to vouch for Vichai's miracle...