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interrogation

[in-ter-uh-gay-shuhn] / ɪnˌtɛr əˈgeɪ ʃən /


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The interrogation continues as Fielder questions whether Holmes is worried about his 24/7 access to the couple and their children as they go about their everyday routines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

An eight-part thriller on TNT follows the search for—and a CIA analyst’s subsequent interrogation of—the notorious Iraqi leader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

He won an Academy Award for best documentary for "Taxi to the Dark Side," which tackles the US military's interrogation practices in Afghanistan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

I know only how to get to the most basic places: the sleeping area, the cafeteria, the lobby, the interrogation room.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Paper sons also had to be convincing in the interrogations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

After their first interrogations on Angel Island, many paper sons were scrutinized again in the 1950s and 60s as federal agents tried to sniff out Chinese Communist sympathizers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the trial judge Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama has concluded that Mohammed's subsequent interrogations in 2007 at Guantanamo were also inadmissible.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

He said interrogations would go through the night.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

That was why they were keeping him under constant surveillance, and conducting late-night interrogations.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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