dragnet

Example Sentences

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Home security cameras have entered a dragnet era, writes Nicole Nguyen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

“I am not white, as you can see,” she told the judge, explaining that her own family was at risk of being swept up in the same dragnet she was being forced to defend.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

At least two American citizens were caught up in the dragnet — a security guard headed to work at Glass House and a philosophy professor at Cal State Channel Islands who was protesting the raid.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2025

When reckless policing is combined with powerful and inaccurate dragnet tools, the result will inevitably be more stories like Lopez-Gomez’s and Machado’s.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

The resulting “interviews” of passengers in these dragnet operations usually culminate in a request for “consent” to search the passenger’s luggage.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander