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Noun
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The recording captures Ligdis pleaded for help from dispatchers, and then Kendall finding the mother and son.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026 -
Since then, snake captures have increased, while sightings of opossums, wood rats, and cotton mice have decreased.—
Sonia Osorio,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The bill would bar, in most cases, federal agencies from putting pregnant women in restrictive housing or restraints.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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The consultants have offered better ways to de-escalate confrontations with residents without resorting to the use of restraints such as the ones used on Moore, Brezee said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Disgraced former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor led the investigation into the murder, conducting interviews, making arrests, and more.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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In Orlando, around 1,000 teenagers showed up to the Icon Park area on a Saturday night last month, spurring fights and a substantial police response that led to nine arrests on charges including battery on an officer, resisting arrest and trespassing.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Immigration sweeps peaked in Orange County’s most populous city last summer with at least 30 detainments between mid-June and mid-September, including when federal officers descended several times on car washes and a Home Depot, ending in several deportations.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 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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