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The cantonal public prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation, which is ongoing to try and apprehend the perpetrators, it said.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

"Every effort is being made to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack," the spokesman said.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

He parked his vehicle to stop Malone from getting away and tried to apprehend him.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

I stared at the peak for perhaps thirty minutes, trying to apprehend what it would be like to be standing on that gale- swept vertex.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

At the same time, it estimates that it apprehends about 80 percent of people crossing illegally.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

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

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

The target folders ensured that agents apprehended the correct person.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

A second suspect fled the scene and is yet to be apprehended, assistant chief of Seattle Police Tyrone Davis added.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

Days later, I could not find the tortoise, and apprehended that hunger had wrestled custom and comity and triumphed over them both.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Sir Mark said that "apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world".

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

It’s rarely found, by contrast, by border agents apprehending migrants who are attempting to enter the country undetected through the desert.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

He took a step toward me, then hesitated and glanced back at the cannon, obviously torn between apprehending me and being faithful to his cue.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood