apprehend
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To begin, law enforcement agents cannot use deadly force merely to apprehend someone suspected of crime.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 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
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
The case, and his disappearance sometime around 2016, have remained a matter of interest across the globe, with countries including the U.S. and Malaysia seeking to recoup funds and apprehend Low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
But like many innovations, the solution is remarkable not for its inherent difficulty, but because it took one remarkable mind to apprehend its power.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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She plays a thieving fox whom Po apprehends stealing relics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
At the same time, it estimates that it apprehends about 80 percent of people crossing illegally.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
While ICE typically apprehends undocumented immigrant inmates as they exit the jail, there is no rule forbidding agents from taking them into custody inside the jail, Hadfield said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
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
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Some 100 people who arrived were surrounded by police and one of the movement's coordinators, Benjamin Ball, and its spokeswoman, Azelma Sigaux, were apprehended by police, an AFP reporter said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Anyone attempting to illegally enter the United States will be apprehended, prosecuted, and removed from the country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
It reports five of the occupants were apprehended "only after a GB News producer alerted the authorities".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Police later said the teenage suspect apprehended was the Welsh-born son of Christian Rwandan immigrants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
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ICE, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has defended its arrests near courthouses as a “common sense” approach to apprehending offenders at times and locations where authorities know they will be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Our detectives never stopped pursuing every lead, and every tip we received brought us one step closer to identifying and apprehending this violent offender.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
Border Security Minister Alex Norris said the UK was "cracking down on the criminals exchanging human lives for cash" and praised officers for apprehending "this smuggling kingpin".
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
“Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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