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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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Another resident described the moment he said he saw police apprehend the suspects.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We are urgently working to find and apprehend him, and would appeal to him directly to hand himself in."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

"Every effort is being made to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack," the spokesman said.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

The case, and his disappearance sometime around 2016, have remained a matter of interest across the globe, with countries including the U.S. and Malaysia seeking to recoup funds and apprehend Low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Spend what resources you will to apprehend him.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Porzak, a gifted photographer, apprehends the world visually, but to reach her mother as she slipped in and out of a coma, she used sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020

The Border Patrol apprehends people entering the U.S. illegally, both directly at the U.S.-Mexico border and with its series of highway checkpoints miles from the border.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2019

He said he shows the picture to migrants he apprehends, to discourage them from trying again.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2018

Volkheimer switches off the light, and Werner apprehends something excruciating held at bay there in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Then on Wednesday, The Times newspaper reported that the incident had been foiled after one of the five suspects tipped off the police before the group was apprehended.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

It has apprehended 23 people under arrest warrants, while 35 others remain at large, along with an unknown number sought under warrants that remain sealed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

A Downey man was charged with a federal firearm-related offense after he was apprehended at the Trump National Golf Club with ammunition in his pocket and a loaded firearm in his pickup truck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"While we are still investigating the motives of this individual, we are thankful he was apprehended before the President's visit," First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement late Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Soon I began to lose my fear of being apprehended.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Hargitay, largely known for apprehending “especially heinous” offenders for the last 27 years, is just about the farthest away from an objectionable choice as you can get.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Our detectives never stopped pursuing every lead, and every tip we received brought us one step closer to identifying and apprehending this violent offender.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Border Security Minister Alex Norris said the UK was "cracking down on the criminals exchanging human lives for cash" and praised officers for apprehending "this smuggling kingpin".

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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