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Recent Examples of house arrest
Conditions of pre-trial release can include unsecured bond, secured bond, supervision or house arrest.
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Avi Bajpai, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Snelling has since been released from jail on a $100,000 bond and was placed on house arrest.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
She was placed on house arrest at her parents' home in Jefferson City, Tennessee.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Investigators say the findings reinforce their view that Bolsonaro remains a flight risk and has repeatedly defied court orders while under house arrest.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
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Avi Bajpai, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Snelling has since been released from jail on a $100,000 bond and was placed on house arrest.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
She was placed on house arrest at her parents' home in Jefferson City, Tennessee.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Investigators say the findings reinforce their view that Bolsonaro remains a flight risk and has repeatedly defied court orders while under house arrest.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
Noun
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The platform confirmed reports that Robinson had posted messages to a Discord chat two hours before being taken into custody.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Robinson remains in custody and is scheduled for a virtual court hearing later today.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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That led to additional arrests, all while ICE was opening additional immigrant detention sites in Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Tennessee.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump announced the capture of Kirk’s alleged killer on Fox News on Friday.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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