arrest
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Authorities searched his home and moved quickly to arrest him over the weekend even though he was preparing to cooperate further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The recent arrest of Ruffo, the former Baja governor, stunned many Mexicans because he made history a generation ago as the nation’s first opposition governor, representing the center-right National Action Party.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Suu Kyi, now 81, was moved to house arrest later that month after Min Aung Hlaing said he had commuted the rest of her sentence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
That was the month after the arrest of Natland, who was 18 at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
As Snowden anticipated, American law enforcement agencies were eager to arrest the leaker and haul him home to face charges of violating the Espionage Act.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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The estimated number of arrests is around 2,000, he said, but many of them were for reasons that weren’t explicitly political.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Met has so far questioned six people suspected of enabling Fayed's offences, although it has not made any arrests yet.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Police have made more than 280 arrests including a few key suspects.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Most "arrests have been for expressing support for a proscribed organisation", the police said in a post on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
When there were still no arrests several months later, the whispers became louder, and public criticisms of the police, sheriff, and local prosecutor were aired in the local newspaper and on local radio stations.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Many Iranian Jews panicked in 1979 after the new leaders arrested and executed Habib Elghanian on charges of Zionist espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
His brother, who fled to Argentina, was arrested in a trendy Buenos Aires neighborhood and remains in custody, pending Mexico’s extradition request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Local officers launched an investigation with cooperation from authorities in the US, the UK and Scotland, and now say they have arrested a 26-year-old man - the BBC understands he is from Afghanistan.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
While the force did not have statistics for crimes on the Taff Trail for June, boys aged 13 and 11 were arrested earlier this month.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
So what protected Marina from being arrested during the Great Terror, if hard work, success, and national glory weren’t enough to keep you from suspicion?
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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That changed last year, attorneys said in the motion, citing an email from ICE headquarters in late May 2025 instructing field offices to begin arresting “collaterals,” or nontargets, en masse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
While “Confessions II” is a strong dance set with real variety and relentless drive, it’s not, by design, an arresting pop album.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
He is protected by thousands of Indigenous supporters who have so far prevented police from arresting him.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 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
They are large and arresting, as if she sees everything.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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