DEA
1 Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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“The DEA doesn’t have a choice. They have to reschedule it in three months. So that’s already pretty fast.”
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
"We are investigating with the DEA, we are exchanging information."
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
He was handed to DEA agents, who flew him to the United States, where he will stand trial.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
But within a few hours they were on a DEA flight for New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Though charges were dropped against him within seventy-two hours, the DEA refused to return his Learjet.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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