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
Chess pulled and tugged and pushed as he ran, and he lost track of whose elbow he yanked forward, or whose handcuff smashed against his face.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
Video taken after Jando’s arrest shows him being escorted in handcuffs by a squad of Mexican commandos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Federal agents were waiting on the tarmac to greet them, handcuffs at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Don’t doubt the sincerity of his desire to see Mr. Netanyahu in handcuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It was full of odds and ends he thought would come in handy for an adventure—rubber bands, a compass, granola bars, coins, a squirt gun, a magnifying glass, plastic handcuffs, string, a whistle.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Several plastic storage bins were visible in the driveway, and a man was briefly handcuffed and placed in a patrol car before being released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
On July 17, a few days after Garay left Manta, Véliz saw pictures online of her son handcuffed and surrounded by members of El Salvador’s navy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some 24 hours later, she was handcuffed to a gurney and taken to a psychiatric hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Two tall, armed police officers, wearing balaclavas, stood either side of a handcuffed Ahmadzai as they led him, in what felt like quite a performative manner, past the reporters.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Then I was handcuffed and put in the back of a police van and driven to the courthouse to meet my fate.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The footage showed officers turning him on to his side, handcuffing his hands behind his back and telling him he was under arrest.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
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
