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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrests
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In Florida’s case, the competitive effect strengthened as the program grew, suggesting the real-world advantage may be even larger than what the existing data captures.—
Tommy Schultz,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Air traffic control audio captures the moments leading up to the collision, which began with another flight reporting an emergency on the other side of the airport.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth came out of his own service, in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the seeming conviction that what had stood in the way of a fuller victory in those wars had been the restraints supposedly placed on how soldiers could kill.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Ryan agreed to bring restraints, rope and a knife to the Banfields’ home.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Police officers were seen de-escalating the situation, as no arrests were made, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The arrests triggered the anger of Oli’s supporters, and hundreds gathered near the prime minister’s office later Saturday to protest and demand that Oli be immediately released from custody.—
Binaj Gurubacharya,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hefets’ detainments were part of a national policy toward antisemitism, defined over decades in the shadow of the Holocaust and sharpened recently under the helm of Felix Klein, the first federal commissioner for combating antisemitism.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kim is the executive director of Minnesota Voice, a progressive nonprofit dedicated to voter registration, civic engagement and training community organizers, and took a visible role organizing against Immigration end Customs Enforcement detainments during Operation Metro Surge.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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