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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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"Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals," a military official told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"We owe it to Beata and her family to find answers, and to apprehend anyone involved in her death," he added.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Judge Wright said she would allow for more time to apprehend Muhamadi, with a view to sentencing him at a later date.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“Today, we are once again surging resources and acting strategically to stop these latest burglaries and apprehend the perpetrators.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

“So, you’re going to apprehend the Nightingale,” Misha said after walking in silence down several hallways.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Porzak, a gifted photographer, apprehends the world visually, but to reach her mother as she slipped in and out of a coma, she used sound.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2022

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2020

The Border Patrol apprehends people entering the U.S. illegally, both directly at the U.S.-Mexico border and with its series of highway checkpoints miles from the border.

From Seattle Times Jul. 23, 2019

He said he shows the picture to migrants he apprehends, to discourage them from trying again.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2018

Volkheimer switches off the light, and Werner apprehends something excruciating held at bay there in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

"While we are still investigating the motives of this individual, we are thankful he was apprehended before the President's visit," First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement late Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

State correctional officials said since 1977, nearly all people who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed or community-based program placement have been apprehended.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Authorities said the poaching suspects were apprehended “recently” but did not give a specific date for the operation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The Sunday Telegraph leads with the arrest overnight of a "28-year-old white British male" who it says was "apprehended in South Yorkshire after manhunt following murder".

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The third white man and the white woman involved in the kidnapping and subsequent events were never identified or apprehended.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

Federal immigration agents fanned across the city, apprehending workers at car washes, garment businesses, Home Depots and other locations.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

It is not the first time Latin American officers have used fancy dress while apprehending suspected criminals.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

We must all reexamine our beliefs in a critical and dispassionate spirit to determine whether we are apprehending reality or clinging to mental fetishes.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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