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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-gayt] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪt /


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"Our specialist teams have been working tirelessly to interrogate the many lines of enquiry involved in this hugely complex investigation," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In that scenario, the AI avatar would serve as the mayor, looking to interrogate the consultant’s recommendations, Zafar said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Did ordinary people really want to interrogate Thanksgiving like this?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Children and servants are two groups they always interrogate.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Wright also interrogates the boundary between severe mental illness and evil, and wonders whether, even in extreme cases, redemption might be possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Fielder interrogates their initial meeting and how their relationship unfolded in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Nevertheless, “Devil in Disguise” interrogates the police’s tendency to mischaracterize his victims, fueling the media and the public’s subsequent rush to cast the dead as somehow deserving of their fate.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

Unafraid to grapple with tough conversations and moments of internal crisis, “Materialists” exudes a chic glamour as it interrogates the tough choices, motivations and consequences of modern romance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

“Do you think they’ll be out long?” earnestly interrogates Shenstone.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

The officers interrogated her, and many others, for several hours.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

When he isn’t being interrogated, he spends several hours a day meditating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

That title refers in part to George W. Bush, but chiefly to Saddam Hussein: It was Nixon who first interrogated the notorious Iraqi leader, a slippery subject and indignant prisoner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Pujo’s counsel, Samuel Untermyer, interrogated Morgan relentlessly, forcing the banker into transparently false denials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The next morning, I was called to the commander’s office, where I found my colleague Robert Resha, who had been arrested and was being interrogated by the station commander.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The Kings note the episode is interested in interrogating the cult of the tech mogul, specifically examining how figures operate outside of traditional ethics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The investigation into circumstances surrounding events in Gloucestershire is hugely complex, and our specialist teams are interrogating multiple lines of enquiry," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But Trump’s latest posts appear less interested in interrogating Washington than in imagining him as a collaborator — writing, riding and offering design tips to his 21st-century successor.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

And if the conventional wisdom about a candidate is a lot friendlier on that platform than on a competitor’s, I’d spend some extra time interrogating why that might be happening.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Every morning he ties his shoes, packs newspaper inside his coat as insulation against the cold, and begins interrogating the world.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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