arresting
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It’s an arresting image that signals the production’s bold, stylized approach to this canonical text, often treated as an antique that requires only a feather duster to be brought back to life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Federal immigration agents were seen in the courthouse parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga around 9 a.m. and began arresting individuals as they left the building until about noon, advocates said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The Metropolitan Police has said it will resume arresting protesters for supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Alaniz, the court has allowed local officials in Texas to remain immune from prosecution for arresting a journalist who published information she received from a government official.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
Or were they faced with the dilemma that by arresting us — which is what they would have normally done — they would be doing the very thing we wanted?
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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