handcuff
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Having retirement dollars mainly in traditional savings plans can handcuff older workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“This is a family town,” the arresting officer tells jeering onlookers as he and the two others handcuff Gamble.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.”
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Arthur asked the immigration officers not to handcuff his wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
“What I don’t get is why they had to handcuff him first,” said Riordan.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Images circulating on social media on Sunday showed Carse in handcuffs and surrounded by police officers while the pace bowler was on a night out in Derby on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Images that appeared on social media on Sunday showed Carse, 31, in handcuffs outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Federal agents were waiting on the tarmac to greet them, handcuffs at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The department made the announcement on Instagram with a photo of the suspect in handcuffs with two officers standing nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In one, Marcus was wearing an orange jumpsuit with handcuffs holding his hands in front of him, and a police officer walked beside him.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
Pace bowler Brydon Carse has been removed from England's squad for the second Test against Pakistan amid an ongoing investigation into an incident that led to him being handcuffed by police.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
They were handcuffed again and taken to the Whipple Federal Building.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
He imagines himself as a migrant: “I lived outside of Dallas / Rundown shack of a place / I was handcuffed and arrested / It don’t make no sense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He reaches out toward his brother as the detectives hustle the handcuffed teenager out the door.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
It featured a montage of clips appearing to show ICE officers chasing down, tackling and handcuffing people in what looks to be the city of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Videos on social media showed federal authorities in Charlotte handcuffing people and leading them into cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
As she pulled up closer to the vehicle, she said she saw men handcuffing a man wearing an orange shirt and white shorts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Videos of Ms Ozturk's arrest in March, showing masked plain-clothes officers handcuffing her and taking her into an unmarked car after a Ramadan celebration, sparked nation-wide protests.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
The suggestion was firmly rejected, a sergeant informing Mr. Muckle that handcuffing a bunch of middle- school kids wouldn’t be good for the public safety department’s image.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
