Example Sentences

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And volunteers are doing more of the talking, asking for badge numbers, asking for the warrant, asking on what authority they were arresting him.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

At the time, authorities were arresting dozens of activists after a rare outbreak of anti-government protests — though most, like Abdel-Fattah, were not involved.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Recalling the incident in a blog post, Mr Hill reported that police had given him "confused answers" when he asked what grounds they were arresting him on.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022

Such tactics infuriated police officers, who said they felt like they were arresting the same people multiple times because of Gascón’s reluctance to open new cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2020

Sticks had been presented so often and in so tiresome a manner that they produced a kind of mental atrophy in the child,—they were arresting his development instead of forwarding it.

From Froebel's Gifts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith