take someone in
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“If they point a gun or take someone in, local police cannot step in and interfere regardless of the circumstances,” Obayashi said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
Al-Jaber and his colleagues say by bringing fossil fuel companies to the table they can get more done and that it may take someone in the industry to get the concessions needed.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023
"When we started reading the news we said, right away, we need to take someone in, to give someone peace, because it could have been us, this is how we feel," Timmo tells me.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022
Paul dePoo: Ellie had an idea to take someone in a bed, and then someone somewhere else, and compile it.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020
HARRY: It'll do Claire good to take someone in.
From Plays by Glaspell, Susan
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