house arrest

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Recent Examples of house arrest Advertisement What comes next for Bolsonaro Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August 4. Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 Bolsonaro, who is currently under house arrest as part of another case, faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years. Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Over the past 15 years, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025 Bolsonaro is under house arrest, surrounded by guards to prevent him from fleeing to a foreign embassy to request asylum. Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for house arrest
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Noun
  • Amid the administration's hard-line deportation strategy, the death raises questions about detainee medical care and oversight for those in ICE custody.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The man was taken into custody and treated for minor injuries at a hospital, authorities said.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No details about the pending criminal case, immigration status or possible reason behind the ICE arrest are being given by the public defender’s office.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Secret Service hasn’t announced any arrests connected to the operation.
    John Miller, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After evading capture at first, the bird was caught in June 2023.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The first movie was a landmark achievement in visual effects and performance capture, and a milestone at the box office.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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