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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-geyt] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪt /


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“Maybe they need to interrogate what’s in front of them more closely,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

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

They view location data from cell tower logs and interrogate Gazan detainees to uncover who did what.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, “I hadn’t thought it was the custom here to interrogate visitors.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

“Is it true, then, that the cock does the hatching?” interrogates Ludwig.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

She was interrogated, accused of being a spy, stripped of her security clearance and sent back to her unit in Guildford, where she was put on laundry duty.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

He said they drove him to an empty field and interrogated him before his friends published the alleged attackers' names on social media, at which point the men dropped him on a nearby street.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Martina’s brother told Ahmad that she’d been interrogated by the FBI, that their address had been broadcast on the news, and that Martina had taken their girls to a safe place.

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 not the same room in which he had once been interrogated for improper use of magic.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Mr. Kendall’s biography avoids being an intrusive, interrogating look at the cartoonist and his longstanding narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 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

Every morning he ties his shoes, packs newspaper inside his coat as insulation against the cold, and begins interrogating the world.

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




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