arresting

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Authorities have carried out sweeping raids across Iran, arresting in recent days hundreds of people suspected of cooperating with Israel and the United States, the media said.

From Barron's

Other Gulf countries have taken similar measures, with Qatar arresting more than 300 people.

From Barron's

Here he is as arresting theorizing about the origins of “The Goon Show,” which he traces to the trauma of World War II, as he is contemplating the quality of Liza Minnelli’s eyelashes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tudor is not arresting the Spurs crisis, he is accelerating it.

From BBC

But for all the athleticism on display, little emerges that is visually and physically arresting.

From The Wall Street Journal