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Recent Examples of house arrest
However, he was released under house arrest in March and received a presidential pardon two months later.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Acree's predecessor, Jason Barnes, was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and three years of probation in 2022 over charges related to providing alcohol to a Trigg County Sheriff's Office intern who was in high school.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August for allegedly failing to comply with restrictions imposed on him by the court as the trial was underway, including on the use of social media and cell phones.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement What comes next for Bolsonaro Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August 4.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Acree's predecessor, Jason Barnes, was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and three years of probation in 2022 over charges related to providing alcohol to a Trigg County Sheriff's Office intern who was in high school.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August for allegedly failing to comply with restrictions imposed on him by the court as the trial was underway, including on the use of social media and cell phones.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement What comes next for Bolsonaro Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August 4.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
Noun
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At the time of writing that initial article, Conway had already been in custody for a month, and he was eventually extradited to Belgium a month later.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Since 2021, 33 inmates have died in custody at a Sacramento County jail, according to Sacramento Bee reporting.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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McLaughlin further alleged that Trebach blocked agents of Customs and Border Protection from carrying out their duties, and that led to her arrest.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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The real-life Watkins spoke with the Minneapolis Tribune following Gein's arrest, saying the two dated for 20 years and that Gein had even proposed to her.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gunn also provides the performance capture for Rocket in the Marvel films.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Freiburghaus captures musician and friend Dino Brandão’s battle with mental illness after a trip to his father’s native country of Angola raises questions about his own sense of identity.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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