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to hold the attention of as if by a spell the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike

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arrest

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noun

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Their sons, who were 21 and 18 at the time, were arrested less than a year later, in 1990, and convicted of first-degree murder in 1996. Cindy Vonquednow, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024 Lil Durk was arrested in Florida last night on charges related to murder-for-hire. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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No other information regarding Lil Durk’s arrest has been released as of Friday (Oct. 25). Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Court proceedings continue on Friday in Delphi, Indiana, in the trial of Richard Allen, and on Thursday jurors learned more of the details that led to his arrest. Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for arrest 

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“Arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrest. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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