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Recent Examples of detainee
The mission is also working on developing temporary detainee holding facilities to ensure rapid transfers to Haitian authorities.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
In March, Israel dropped charges against five soldiers who had been accused of beating and sodomizing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Georgia has the fifth-largest ICE detainee population (roughly 4,400) in the country.
—Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
Congress created the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO) in 2019 to investigate detainee deaths, detainee access to medical care, and employee misconduct, among other issues.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
In March, Israel dropped charges against five soldiers who had been accused of beating and sodomizing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Georgia has the fifth-largest ICE detainee population (roughly 4,400) in the country.
—Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
Congress created the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO) in 2019 to investigate detainee deaths, detainee access to medical care, and employee misconduct, among other issues.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainee
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The corporate defendants are both incorporated in New York.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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All defendants except Samuel Machado are expected to return for a status conference and further arraignment on July 30.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Using unique identifiers attached to each arrestee, The Post excluded a number of apparent duplicate arrests from its analysis.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Dark Wood Furniture Dark furniture is one of the worst offenders in narrow spaces.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
7 June 2026
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It's designed for first-time offenders.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Alvarez, 41, was in MacArthur Park on May 18 when he was approached by two police officers, who initially mistook him as the suspect in a vehicle theft, according to a Justice Department news release and a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the Central District of California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The neighbor alerted authorities, who later named Stephany Byrom, 48, as a suspect.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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By seventeen, Andrew had left school and was working in a fish market, waking up at dawn to lug boxes of ice.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Beneath the surface lies a thriving world of coral, fish, turtles, sharks, and countless other species.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Rafay Baloch, a cybersecurity expert and author of the book Web Hacking Arsenal, says that criminals specifically look for travelers who appear disoriented.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Detainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainee. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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