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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-geyt] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪt /


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Did ordinary people really want to interrogate Thanksgiving like this?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

She should read labels, mistrust mysterious additives, interrogate old nutritional orthodoxies and learn to distinguish “real” food from whatever came before it.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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

“As a member of the board, you can advise, you can guide, you can ask questions, you can interrogate, you can disagree, but you don’t have the authority to execute,” said Rose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But we’re barely hanging out for five minutes before she starts to interrogate me.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

Correction, with his Scribe, examines the spiritual lords as to how they keep their vows, and thus interrogates the Prioress: Quhat say ȝe now, my Ladie Priores?

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

When he isn’t being interrogated, he spends several hours a day meditating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Pujo’s counsel, Samuel Untermyer, interrogated Morgan relentlessly, forcing the banker into transparently false denials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

One of the officers who had interrogated Smith after his arrest later testified that he believed Smith was innocent.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

In California, agents interrogated Carol Cummings and many of Ellsberg’s friends.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

But Trump’s latest posts appear less interested in interrogating Washington than in imagining him as a collaborator — writing, riding and offering design tips to his 21st-century successor.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

The teams pushed back, demanding evidence and interrogating assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Lilleaas may have decided against becoming a psychologist, but she’s always interrogating her motivations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

I will do anything: she has only to mention his name and I remember now, I will do anything, anything, to avoid him interrogating me again.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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