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
In another clip, federal agents detained an elderly man sitting on the sidewalk near a liquor store, “making sure to put a handcuff on his hand as they helped him up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Arul wound your new doll’s hair around one of his wrists like a handcuff.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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Police officers transported Gonzalez to a nearby fire station, where they removed his handcuffs, enabling paramedics with the Long Beach Fire Department to transport him to a hospital for treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The security agency released a video showing black-clad officers placing handcuffs on a man who is later shown powering up a laptop in front of the operatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Please don’t do this to me,” Bakker said before he was led away in handcuffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In Carse's case, the time spent in handcuffs came days after new England Test captain Joe Root called on his players to be "really good role models, good human beings".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
She learns surveillance techniques, performs backflips, and masters the removal of handcuffs and straitjackets.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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Hamilton’s campaign built an ad around Meischa Zimmerman, who says she was arrested while eight months pregnant after missing a $50 payment, and found herself pleading not to be handcuffed in front of her two-year-old.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
A man at the location was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car briefly before he was released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
Göktaş was arrested and handcuffed at Istanbul airport in July when he returned from a holiday.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I figured you came here handcuffed in the back of a panda car; the least we can do is leave in style.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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"His handcuffing in hospital at a point when he must have been close to death, all require separate examination."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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
“It’s frustrating because these new rules are handcuffing homeowners associations,” Peters said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
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