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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

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

He had no idea how he’d had the energy to interrogate Andrew only a minute before.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

Over time, Cunk has grown more antagonistic toward the talking heads she interrogates, and more willing to counter their arguments with dubious anecdotal evidence.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 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

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 Don Estevan who thus doubtingly interrogates, his eyes fixed on a solitary eminence seen afar over the plain.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid

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

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

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

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

He had no desire at all to see, or be interrogated by, Rufus Scrimgeour tonight.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" 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

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

The teams pushed back, demanding evidence and interrogating assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

“You done interrogating the princeling?” the Roach asks.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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