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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-geyt] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪt /


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Did ordinary people really want to interrogate Thanksgiving like this?

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

Teaming them up as a testy odd couple allows “Lanterns” to both highlight Hal’s insecurity and use the Green Lantern universe’s rules to interrogate systemic imbalances.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

“Maybe they need to interrogate what’s in front of them more closely,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

She also made Hall's family members "interested persons", meaning they would be able to interrogate evidence or witnesses at a future inquest.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

She was teaching me how to ruthlessly interrogate the subject that elicited the most sympathy and rationalizing— myself.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

In “Willing and Able,” he interrogates his motivation as an artist, and whether he exploits those close to him for material—“And I’ll see you again in six months, when you need your next song.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Nevertheless, “Devil in Disguise” interrogates the police’s tendency to mischaracterize his victims, fueling the media and the public’s subsequent rush to cast the dead as somehow deserving of their fate.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2025

Through its structure, casting, music and lyrics, “Hamilton” interrogates the dominant, whitewashed narrative of America.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

The U-M team sorts and interrogates recycled pacemakers, only reconditioning those that have more than four years of battery life.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

This introductory part being ended, the priest begins a fresh tack, and interrogates the penitent upon infractions not specified in any of the commandments. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous

Once in El Salvador, the crewmen of the Don Maca say they were interrogated, denied they were traffickers, and, eventually, were allowed to contact their families and leave for home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Before the FBI interrogated him, they asked him to sign a piece of paper.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

But The Wall Street Journal spoke to two men who said they were detained and interrogated by Hamas at Nasser hospital in recent weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

It suspends the right of assembly and permits individuals to be arrested and interrogated without a court order.

From Barron's Jan. 19, 2026

Both North and South Vietnam interrogated prisoners in an attempt to gain military information.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

And if the conventional wisdom about a candidate is a lot friendlier on that platform than on a competitor’s, I’d spend some extra time interrogating why that might be happening.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Katie’s journey towards a fully autonomous adulthood is their way of interrogating that, making her story as central to “Rooster” as Greg’s reinvention.

From Salon May 11, 2026

It’s also not like superhero comic books haven’t had storylines about marginalized communities or interrogating people in power.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

A January 2016 message showed Epstein interrogating her over photos she had posted of herself and other assistants on Facebook, which he blamed for drawing attention from the Daily Mail.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

Then Jazz, who at the time was only six, picked up where Doris left off and started interrogating him, asking him all kinds of crazy stuff.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds




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