apprehend

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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

Waltz added that the US had carried out a "surgical law enforcement operation" to apprehend Maduro, whom he is also referred to as a "fugitive from justice".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

As of this writing, the FBI has yet to apprehend a suspect.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

“We’ll do everything to apprehend the perpetrators of these acts,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

That Thursday, Mayor Clarkson placed a notice in the newspapers saying there was “great reason to apprehend that a dangerous infectious disorder” was loose in the city.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy