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apprehension

[ap-ri-hen-shuhn] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃən /


NOUN
catching and arresting
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Regarding Love's offending, Madam Justice McBride said by her guilty pleas she accepted she intentionally destroyed evidence and that she intentionally impeded her son's apprehension.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

StarChase claims an 86% apprehension rate with no injuries or fatalities yet from its system.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“Private credit and the surge in redemptions reflect investor apprehension about the future of software,” he says.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Not aggression, but apprehension about what what was to come.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

And the look, the myriad of looks, on Tariq: of apprehension, tenderness, apology, embarrassment, but mostly, mostly, of hunger.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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