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handcuff

[hand-kuhf] / ˈhændˌkʌf /




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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

While he was in hospital he was under 24-hour guard by prison officers but it was not deemed necessary to handcuff him.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.”

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

Cole was surprised that the guard did not handcuff him as long as Garvey accompanied them.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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

All four hugged O'Lali in the dock after their sentences were passed and before O'Lali was placed in handcuffs.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In this latest occurrence, footage shared on social media on Sunday showed Carse in handcuffs, surrounded by police officers.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The family of murdered student Henry Nowak have said police gave changing accounts of the events surrounding his death and did not initially disclose they had handcuffed him as he lay dying.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

She tells the BBC she is desperate to go back to Sri Lanka and has even offered to go "handcuffed, bound and gagged".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

To up the stakes, he handcuffed himself in front of a group of children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The footage shows officers arriving Thursday in Marble Hill to find Oscar Belgal, 28, wounded, handcuffed and seated on the ground.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Meanwhile the truck and vans, now jam-packed with handcuffed men and women and dogs and black policemen, hummed engines and prepared to leave.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

"His handcuffing in hospital at a point when he must have been close to death, all require separate examination."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Police officers can be seen handcuffing and arresting a man in video footage from OnScene.TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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

Officers are shown handcuffing the individuals and loading them into white vans.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 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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