interrogate
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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
Analysts told AFP that US government officials and lawmakers are likely to interrogate Cheng on the KMT's position on China and its decision to slash the government's special defence budget.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
They view location data from cell tower logs and interrogate Gazan detainees to uncover who did what.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
"We are left to speculate some, as our ability to interrogate insulators stops a little," explained Dean -- their expertise is in transport measurements, and insulators don't transport a current.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026
I would probably interrogate them to see if they were one of the abosom, one of the Nsamanfo, or some monster in disguise.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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In “Willing and Able,” he interrogates his motivation as an artist, and whether he exploits those close to him for material—“And I’ll see you again in six months, when you need your next song.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The U-M team sorts and interrogates recycled pacemakers, only reconditioning those that have more than four years of battery life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
Her album is the second part of a trilogy that interrogates the roots of American musical traditions and uncovers the often unheralded contributions made by black artists.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
But I do feel like, in this age of alternative facts and fantasy, it’s more important than ever that art speaks the truth and interrogates that without fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
The general interrogates him, and the Arab recounts his adventures.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
Once in El Salvador, the crewmen of the Don Maca say they were interrogated, denied they were traffickers, and, eventually, were allowed to contact their families and leave for home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Before the FBI interrogated him, they asked him to sign a piece of paper.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Starting Sunday the funeral home holding his body was surrounded by dozens of soldiers, national guardsmen, and police who interrogated anyone who came close.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
But The Wall Street Journal spoke to two men who said they were detained and interrogated by Hamas at Nasser hospital in recent weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Or perhaps some of the prisoners from Haarlem had been interrogated and the truth about our group was known.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
Mr. Kendall’s biography avoids being an intrusive, interrogating look at the cartoonist and his longstanding narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Katie’s journey towards a fully autonomous adulthood is their way of interrogating that, making her story as central to “Rooster” as Greg’s reinvention.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
It’s also not like superhero comic books haven’t had storylines about marginalized communities or interrogating people in power.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“You done interrogating the princeling?” the Roach asks.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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