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arrest

[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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He said he was driving fellow construction workers, and the stop didn’t result in an arrest.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Or they call and say you missed jury duty and a warrant has been issued for your arrest.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Eight months on and they are no closer to understanding what caused his fatal cardiac arrest.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"I was detained, but I did not commit a crime that warrants arrest... I am a journalist who is being silenced," testified Uludag, who has been a court reporter for 18 years.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

When Sophie Scholl’s boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel, heard of Sophie’s arrest, he discharged himself from a military hospital, where he was recuperating from a war injury.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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