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arrest

[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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"There's no immediate arrest if an incident occurs, so we can move around a bit more freely," he had said.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Much of this conversation was triggered by the contents of a note that police had found on the boy at the time of his arrest, which was leaked online and widely circulated.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Monk had been duped, according to charges later laid out in arrest warrants secured by the local sheriff’s department.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

In a statement provided to The Times on Monday, the Tracy Unified School District said it had placed Pribble, who also is a physical education teacher, on leave before his on-campus arrest.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

“If anybody asks, you might tell them that this arrest was made possible, in part, thanks to the fine public education offered at Riverview Middle School.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

In addition to 78 misdemeanor arrests, Leary said police impounded two vehicles whose drivers were “aiding and abetting.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Shortly before 15:30, the force said the protest activity had ended without incident and no arrests had been made.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Police had arrested one man and "additional arrests will be pending as our investigators continue to follow the evidence", she said, adding that they had interviewed 15 people in the case.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

There has been a string of recent high-profile arrests, including a July raid that rescued a leaf monkey, a gibbon and hundreds of turtles, as well as multiple interceptions at airports.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

People from previous arrests were sitting or lying about on the mats, too, some of them faces we knew.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Sterling, who appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court, was arrested after crashing on the M3 in Hampshire on the morning of 28 May.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Pribble, 48, was arrested at the high school, and the Tracy Unified School District has placed him on leave pending the results of a criminal investigation, according to the police statement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

But the debut was overshadowed when manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, who the IBA had brought in to host, was arrested by U.S.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Los Angeles police corralled and arrested scores of minibike riders on Sunday, thwarting a takeover of 6th Street Bridge, police said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

If Bobby managed to get to Hungary without being arrested, he could fly directly to the Philippines.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Berlin expelled a Russian diplomat in January after arresting a woman suspected of spying for Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

On 15 July, when the annual Hong Kong Book Fair opened, national security police searched two more independent bookshops, Greenfield Bookstore and Have a Nice Stay, arresting five people for sedition.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

But these arresting scenes are all visual interest without any greater end.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Southeast Asia's biggest economy has long battled corruption in its public and private sectors despite strengthening anti-graft laws, creating special investigative commissions and arresting several high profile people.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

There was something arresting about the youngster's eyes.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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