detainment
Example Sentences
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To a pastor released after a warrantless detainment.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
The case has been closely monitored by human rights groups including Amal Clooney's Clooney Foundation for Justice, which in October questioned the lengthy detainment, citing "repeated postponements and slow progress".
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Santa Maria to demand answers about the detainment of nearly 150 people in Limón’s central coastal district in late December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
Neither Michigan nor Moore have commented publicly on what happened next, but the firing appears to have set into motion the chain of events that led to Moore’s police detainment later that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Defense witnesses who were not imprisoned now risked detainment if they testified.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
