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Because the intelligence agency knows of Almásy’s affair with Katharine, they assume Geoffrey’s death is suspicious and imprison Almásy as he tries to get help.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

I patiently explained that neither law clerks nor justices get to imprison people sua sponte.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

Mitsotakis, who notes the fraud began before he came to power in 2019, has vowed to imprison the "thieves" responsible and to reclaim the funds.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

In America, we don’t imprison people for violating rules that were never written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Well, according to Charles “Chip” Pashayan, Bobby’s pro bono lawyer, the Treasury Department could and would fine and imprison him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The camera is almost always static; the frame is frozen in a way that virtually imprisons the characters, suggesting that their blinkered belief systems similarly constrain their thoughts and direct their deeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Here is the real thing, where video liberates rather than imprisons all-enveloping music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

Mommy Fortuna, a wizened witch voiced by the late Angela Lansbury, cages the creature in a sideshow attraction to make a buck and secure her legacy in the memory of the deathless creatures she imprisons.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022

The cemetery is an oasis of peace amid the traffic that imprisons the Ostiense area.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Daddy imprisons himself in his room, but what else is new?

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

I couldn’t be more thankful, and pray that others still imprisoned will experience this same freedom soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Among those imprisoned were the president’s top White House aides, his attorney general and his personal legal counsel.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The latest message referenced Mexico’s president, and noted that the imprisoned cartel leader has not attempted “any type of escaping from the U.S.A.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Paul was willing—even eager—to share the well-publicized indignities suffered by the suffragists who had been imprisoned.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Buddha steps in, imprisoning Monkey under a mountain and forcing him to study sutras for 500 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Retired tech titans and social media luminaries can no more control the development of AI by banning it than the Catholic Church could undo the fact that Earth revolves around the sun by imprisoning Galileo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

"Excuse me, that's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Hassan said.

From Salon ● May 20, 2025

Reacting to Sentencing Council's announcement, Janey Starling, co-director of feminist campaign group Level Up, said the changes are a "huge milestone" in the campaign to end imprisoning pregnant women and mothers.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

The badger then upended the basket, imprisoning the maddened sparrow beneath it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques