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Recent Examples of house arrest
The plea deal called for 90 days of house arrest, 200 hours of community service and three years of probation.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
He was released from the facility in 2009 and began serving the house arrest sentence, which ended in August 2010.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Schrock was given credit for more than two years under house arrest.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Lopez was released from a Venezuelan military prison to house arrest in July 2017, after serving over three years of a nearly 14-year sentence for leading anti-government protests against Maduro.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
He was released from the facility in 2009 and began serving the house arrest sentence, which ended in August 2010.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Schrock was given credit for more than two years under house arrest.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Lopez was released from a Venezuelan military prison to house arrest in July 2017, after serving over three years of a nearly 14-year sentence for leading anti-government protests against Maduro.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
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Wimbley, who lists no prior felony history, remained in custody Tuesday on zero bond and is set to appear Wednesday in Garland County District Court.—
Steven Mross,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Officers fired beanbag rounds, a nonlethal alternative to bullets, to subdue Carter and take him into custody.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Giuliano told Venezuelan news site TalCual that Saab may make an appearance to refute the arrest allegations himself but was consulting with the government about what had happened.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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At the time, analysts had attributed Baumgertner's arrest to retaliation for Uralkali's decision to pull out of a joint venture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mexico is traditionally the second biggest supplier of oil to Havana after Venezuela – but supplies from Caracas have already been disrupted following the capture by US special forces of its President Nicolas Maduro, making Mexico’s contribution even more vital.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Built for extreme cold Corvus One for Cold Chain uses industrial-grade barcode scanners with precise control over focus and exposure, enabling reliable label capture even when barcodes are frosted, damaged, or low contrast.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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