arresting
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The Supreme Court, meanwhile, ordered the government on Wednesday to reply within three days to Dela Rosa's petition to bar authorities from arresting and handing him over to the ICC.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
“This is a family town,” the arresting officer tells jeering onlookers as he and the two others handcuff Gamble.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
But in “The Last Titans,” Mr. Vinen gives us an arresting dual portrait of human greatness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The protest erupted after federal agents conducted simultaneous immigration raids at the company’s Camarillo and Carpinteria locations, arresting more than 300 workers without documentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Clearly something big and abrupt, and probably cataclysmic, had produced this arresting spike.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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