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
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
The deputies didn't handcuff Walter or shackle him, so he walked into court waving to family and friends.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Footage of the 31-year-old in handcuffs and surrounded by police officers appeared on social media on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Images that appeared on social media on Sunday showed Carse, 31, in handcuffs outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night and he was briefly arrested and subsequently de-arrested.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Federal agents were waiting on the tarmac to greet them, handcuffs at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Backing down from his promise made him look foolish, and if he hadn’t, he might have been the one to end up in handcuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
When they came upon a small room, Young Square Cop cut the handcuffs off Clayton, Beat Box, Boom Box, and Jelly Bones, but he didn’t cut Train Ear’s handcuffs.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
On January 2 Contreras was handcuffed when he showed up for his immigration hearing, put on a plane and flown to his native Honduras.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Additional officers stand over three other handcuffed men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He was with two women and five men, all handcuffed, all bound for Nigeria, and they were marched, at Heathrow Airport, through security and immigration and onto the plane, while other passengers stared.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
Police can be seen handcuffing demonstrators in another video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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
