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arresting

[uh-res-ting] / əˈrɛs tɪŋ /


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The same two men figure in one of the book’s most arresting episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ostensibly form a joint effort in arresting the yen’s slide.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Police bosses admitted not arresting Calocane had been a "serious and systemic and operational failure".

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

With so many people to process, I guess arresting us just wasn’t worth the hassle.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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