Example Sentences

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In return, the Kremlin agreed to release four Russian officials it had jailed for illegal contacts with the West.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

Committee on the Rights of the Child, in a statement on May 12, noted allegations that Cuba had jailed children under 16 following the July 11 protests.

From Reuters • May 16, 2022

He has led a quieter life over the last decade, working on prisoner affairs for the same Palestinian Authority that had jailed him and studying political science at Birzeit University in the West Bank.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Six months into her sentence, Lilly sat down and wrote a letter to the judge who had jailed her, thanking him for what she called "the gift of time".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2019

The British had jailed her husband for “surreptitious correspondence with the enemy.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen