arrest
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The agents then arrest the defendant, bring them before the judge, and, almost always, ask that the defendant be detained.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
The arrest took place on Saturday, according to media reports.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
David Bolden, another protester awaiting arrest called the ban an "absurd law".
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
This week, the department announced the arrest of two Monterey International School employees in connection with the costly discovery at the publicly funded kindergarten-through-8th-grade charter school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Maggie was in England visiting friends when she read of Kate’s arrest.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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State officials and election experts have pointed to the small numbers of arrests, despite a sweeping probe to find such voters by Essayli and others, as proof such fraud is rare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The force said in an evening update that officers were "continuing to make arrests" as they confirmed that 139 had already been detained.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
State officials of both parties have prepared for extreme scenarios, drafting legal briefs and some running simulations for potential arrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
There have been thousands of arrests, and Italy and France have promised to impose a "you break it, you pay for it" policy for rioters.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
On August 17, almost two months after the first round of arrests, the police superintendent again warned Alice Paul that there would be another round of arrests if the protests continued.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Four people who were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for a massive fire in Newhall’s Old Town that destroyed several businesses have been released without charges pending further investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The “Bachelor” and “Dancing With the Stars” reality television star was arrested after Southlake, Texas, police say that she crashed into an ambulance and fled the scene on Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
She discovered that the event had been raided, she says, and some of her family and friends arrested by the IRGC.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
A former federal prosecutor, Faruqui said the Justice Department typically uses complaints only in exigent circumstances, such as when someone is arrested off the street or poses a flight risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
An American called Tyler Kent, a twenty.nine-year-old clerk at the US embassy in London, has been arrested.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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The findings provide clinical trial evidence that the manufacturer can use in an application seeking FDA approval of SDF as a drug for arresting dental caries, the medical term for tooth decay.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
"What the regime wants is to intimidate, silence and frighten society through such pressure -- by arresting individual journalists, seizing media outlets, banning news coverage and blocking access to social media," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Ray’s camera flits, with arresting rhythm, between the players; Aparna flits her eyelids as she names Cleopatra during the first round.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was a world that Richard Kerbaj brings back into lively and arresting focus in “The Defector.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The bustle of the North End was an arresting sight, and in the middle of it all, dwarfing almost every other building around it, stood an enormous structure that seemed completely out of place.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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