arrest
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An inquest looking into how he died found that a failure to spot the signs of a cardiac arrest contributed to his death, as nobody attempted to perform CPR or use a defibrillator on him.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In April, a U.S. soldier was charged with using classified information about the arrest of Maduro to trade on Polymarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Many of Kim’s army of cyber thieves live in China, where they can more freely connect to the internet and operate without fear of arrest by outside authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Asked to comment by the BBC, Smethhurst confirmed his arrest and said the allegations against him had been "an absolute load of rubbish".
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Of course, there was one country Bobby still couldn’t travel to, since if he did it would mean almost certain arrest: the United States.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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