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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-geyt] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪt /


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She also made Hall's family members "interested persons", meaning they would be able to interrogate evidence or witnesses at a future inquest.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Analysts told AFP that US government officials and lawmakers are likely to interrogate Cheng on the KMT's position on China and its decision to slash the government's special defence budget.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

“When I have party meetings and they bring executives that are likely to be witnesses, I interrogate the executives,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

"We are left to speculate some, as our ability to interrogate insulators stops a little," explained Dean -- their expertise is in transport measurements, and insulators don't transport a current.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2026

“Never thought we’d see them kids again, after the brushup on Black Boar. When we interrogate ’em, put the packs on the floor,” he said.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

In “Willing and Able,” he interrogates his motivation as an artist, and whether he exploits those close to him for material—“And I’ll see you again in six months, when you need your next song.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” which interrogates the idea of holding onto youthful innocence.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2025

Reuniting key creative players from the first film after more than 20 years, the new movie interrogates ideas of memory, legacy and what gets left behind.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

The U-M team sorts and interrogates recycled pacemakers, only reconditioning those that have more than four years of battery life.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

The religious poet, in his Night Thoughts, interrogates the inhabitants of a distant star, whether their race too has, in its history, events resembling the fall of man, and the redemption of man.

From The Plurality of Worlds by Hitchcock, Edward

Once in El Salvador, the crewmen of the Don Maca say they were interrogated, denied they were traffickers, and, eventually, were allowed to contact their families and leave for home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Nothing of this nature was found, but Katya was nevertheless interrogated by law enforcement.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Before the FBI interrogated him, they asked him to sign a piece of paper.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

But The Wall Street Journal spoke to two men who said they were detained and interrogated by Hamas at Nasser hospital in recent weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

It was like I was being interrogated by a twelve-dollar toy from the bargain bin.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

And if the conventional wisdom about a candidate is a lot friendlier on that platform than on a competitor’s, I’d spend some extra time interrogating why that might be happening.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Katie’s journey towards a fully autonomous adulthood is their way of interrogating that, making her story as central to “Rooster” as Greg’s reinvention.

From Salon May 11, 2026

It’s also not like superhero comic books haven’t had storylines about marginalized communities or interrogating people in power.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

A January 2016 message showed Epstein interrogating her over photos she had posted of herself and other assistants on Facebook, which he blamed for drawing attention from the Daily Mail.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

Leo wasn’t sure whether he felt relieved or insulted that the combat trainer was interrogating Frank, while Leo got the home economics teacher.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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