arrest
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Perhaps the most extraordinary information I learned after my release was that the FSB had a backup plan for my arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Clavicular’s arrest is a perfect example of this issue.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Three weeks later, the band said in an Instagram that he had cardiac arrest and was receiving treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Hampshire Police earlier said an arrest had been made after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Marco’s head dropped as he accepted defeat and the guards moved to arrest him and Cook.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
The March arrests came a few weeks after the US and Israel attacked Iran at the end of February.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
In some cases the agency has detained U.S. citizens as part of its program of arrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Your morning catch-up: SoCal remembers two news veterans, the driver accused in a fatal Metro bus crash had multiple drug arrests and more big stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The officer is seen jumping out of the car after spotting the suspect and takes out his taser and arrests him.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was only after the president of Bennett College, Dr. Willa B. Player, went public about the students’ arrests and the federal government stepped in that the students were released.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
A second person, Earnest Lloyd Jr, 25, was arrested in the case this week, while a third was reportedly being sought by authorities.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
IN PRISON, I met many people who had been arrested in sting operations similar to my own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
While police arrested some members in the crowd, individuals called out: “The whole world is watching.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In September 2025, police stopped a car being driven through Waltham Forest and arrested Amir Muhammad Khadikhel and Ismat Miakhel.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The German young man arrested early in the investigation—the Louvre visitor who’d been a little too interested in the Mona Lisa—was a classic Secret Admirer type.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
The religious-focused work of Ian Kurtis Crist is especially arresting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The ruling requires federal immigration agents to consider the totality of the circumstances known to them before arresting someone without a warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“If government is out there arresting people, taking pictures of them,” McMichael said, “we should be able to access that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Macron has been pushing for French children to spend less time in front of screens, which the government fears is arresting their development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
You can prevent crimes just by scrubbing off graffiti and arresting fare-beaters: crime epidemics have Tipping Points every bit as simple and straightforward as syphilis in Baltimore or a fashion trend like Hush Puppies.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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