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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

They don’t interrogate many women in Ormaie—usually send them straight to prison in Paris, I think.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

It is a story that interrogates — with a searching and brutal tenderness — the how, why and who of our emotional being.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

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

Her album is the second part of a trilogy that interrogates the roots of American musical traditions and uncovers the often unheralded contributions made by black artists.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2024

It is a young girl who thus strangely interrogates, a beautiful girl, woman grown, of tall stature, with bright face, and a wealth of hair, golden hued.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

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

It interrogated the criteria of credibility themselves—what makes a teaching trustworthy, what makes a source authoritative, what distinguishes faithful transmission from motivated distortion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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

Dad interrogated, now back over by the door.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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

I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 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

M ., whereupon detectives, who had been strenuously but abortively interrogating the suspect, withdrew to another room, leaving the minister to consult privately with his parishioner.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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