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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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"I'm grateful to the FBI for leading this investigation and to the New York State Police for their work to apprehend this dangerous individual," New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote on X.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

"Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals," a military official told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"We are urgently working to find and apprehend him, and would appeal to him directly to hand himself in."

From BBC Jul. 9, 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

“Every effort is being made to apprehend this fiend,” he said.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

She plays a thieving fox whom Po apprehends stealing relics.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2024

At the same time, it estimates that it apprehends about 80 percent of people crossing illegally.

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2022

While ICE typically apprehends undocumented immigrant inmates as they exit the jail, there is no rule forbidding agents from taking them into custody inside the jail, Hadfield said.

From Washington Times Nov. 27, 2021

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2020

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

It has apprehended 23 people under arrest warrants, while 35 others remain at large, along with an unknown number sought under warrants that remain sealed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

A second suspect fled the scene and is yet to be apprehended, assistant chief of Seattle Police Tyrone Davis added.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Authorities said the poaching suspects were apprehended “recently” but did not give a specific date for the operation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Some of these young Negroes, apprehended by the police, had described themselves as belonging to an organization they called “Blood Brothers.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“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

Border Security Minister Alex Norris said the UK was "cracking down on the criminals exchanging human lives for cash" and praised officers for apprehending "this smuggling kingpin".

From BBC Jan. 7, 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

He took a step toward me, then hesitated and glanced back at the cannon, obviously torn between apprehending me and being faithful to his cue.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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