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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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"We owe it to Beata and her family to find answers, and to apprehend anyone involved in her death," he added.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

The cantonal public prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation, which is ongoing to try and apprehend the perpetrators, it said.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

He parked his vehicle to stop Malone from getting away and tried to apprehend him.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

Los Alamitos police investigators did not immediately respond to questions from The Times about why it took six months to apprehend Childers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2026

Ill Patrolman Mancuso had tried a little moonlighting in his effort to apprehend someone, anyone for the sergeant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Porzak, a gifted photographer, apprehends the world visually, but to reach her mother as she slipped in and out of a coma, she used sound.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2022

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2020

The Border Patrol apprehends people entering the U.S. illegally, both directly at the U.S.-Mexico border and with its series of highway checkpoints miles from the border.

From Seattle Times Jul. 23, 2019

CBP is the agency that apprehends and first detains migrant parents and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Washington Times Jun. 25, 2019

Volkheimer switches off the light, and Werner apprehends something excruciating held at bay there in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The administration has forced the closure of some commercial-driving training schools and apprehended drivers who have commercial driver’s licenses but may be in the country illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

"I realised I would be apprehended," he said, "I wanted to go somewhere I considered safe."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Nunez said the suspect was "apprehended by an off-duty police officer".

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

His brother and three sons all pleaded guilty and struck deals after being apprehended.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

It was intolerable that they should have passed so close to Efrafa and gone their way without being apprehended.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Sir Mark said that "apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world".

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

We must all reexamine our beliefs in a critical and dispassionate spirit to determine whether we are apprehending reality or clinging to mental fetishes.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

Since federal agents had descended on California, apprehending gardeners, day laborers and car wash workers en masse, residents in immigrant-heavy pockets like this one had mostly stayed inside.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2025

“Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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