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Recent Examples of detainee
There’s also Iman’s colleague, Ghaderi (Reza Akhlaghi), who advises him to sign a detainee’s death sentence without even reviewing the file, which is the way things seem to function in their department.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
And chronic detainee hunger is often dismissed by inspectors, as long as the menus are certified as nutritionally adequate.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The defense said Nail was protecting himself from a combative detainee.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
In another post on X, the ministry shared that one Spanish detainee from Thunberg's Flotilla allegedly bit a female medical staff member at Ketziot Prison.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
And chronic detainee hunger is often dismissed by inspectors, as long as the menus are certified as nutritionally adequate.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The defense said Nail was protecting himself from a combative detainee.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
In another post on X, the ministry shared that one Spanish detainee from Thunberg's Flotilla allegedly bit a female medical staff member at Ketziot Prison.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainee
Noun
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The lawsuit also names Diddy’s longtime attorney Kenneth Meiselas as a co-defendant.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The issue could be addressed at Bolton’s next hearing on November 21, and the outcome may shape how future courts balance defendants’ access needs against strict national security requirements.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This show's arrestee was out of the bag.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Nov. 2025
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Money bail became more common around the turn of the 20th century with the rise of commercial bail bonds, in which a bail bond business would front the bail money, charging the arrestee a portion of the bail amount as a fee.—
Christine Scott-Hayward,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Conversely, the percentage of respondents who think juvenile offenders should be treated like adults has fallen from 65% in 2000 to a record-low 41% this year, the report said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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East Lansing's ordinance states that anyone found in violation will be issued a $25 fine for first time offenders.—
Eric Guzmán,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The suspect has been identified as Alexis Hernandez, per an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the four men, a fifth suspect also voluntarily attended a police station to be interviewed following the raids.—
Adam Leventhal,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Bedecking the old fish-out-of-water story formula in holiday garb and tinseling it with some apt moral messages for this dysfunctional age, screenwriters Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick have concocted a satisfyingly new-fangled Christmas yarn.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the heart-stopping video, she could be seen diving horizontally into the water when a large school of herring fish could be seen swimming up beneath her.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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In other court cases, some civil and some criminal, involving a total of nearly 300 additional hectares near Vlora, Shehu and his family members are accused of grabbing property through similar forgeries.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trio has a surprisingly good theory about the implosion of the makeshift Astral Pulse; seems like Shroud never found the original, and someone has been outfitting low-level criminals with bootlegs that are going awry like Robert’s.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Detainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainee. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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