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as in asked
to put a question or questions to
interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before
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as in examined
to put a series of questions to
police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end
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Recent Examples of interrogated
Soon enough, their unexpected romance is tested by opposition from their families, with Sasan getting an offer to practice medicine in Germany and Layla being arrested, imprisoned and brutally interrogated for being a Baha’i woman seeking an education.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
White journalists reported that Bethea appeared drunk at the time of arrest, that he was interrogated by police, and initially admitted nothing.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Both Crimson Gold and Offside were banned inside Iran, and Panahi was arrested and interrogated after the former film was recognized at Cannes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
She was interrogated, though, and after that, European diplomats and human rights activists camped in her apartment to safeguard her.
—New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But the trust involved in vacationing outside of cell service is rarely interrogated.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
His attorneys pointed out that Dassey had a low IQ bordering on intellectual disability, and questioned law enforcement's interrogation tactics — including allowing the teen to be interrogated without a parent or attorney present.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In some cases, they were held for as long as 20 hours in a room at MIA, where they were interrogated by customs agents about their business dealings and wealth, and asked about other prominent members of Haiti’s economic elite.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
White journalists reported that Bethea appeared drunk at the time of arrest, that he was interrogated by police, and initially admitted nothing.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Both Crimson Gold and Offside were banned inside Iran, and Panahi was arrested and interrogated after the former film was recognized at Cannes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
She was interrogated, though, and after that, European diplomats and human rights activists camped in her apartment to safeguard her.
—New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But the trust involved in vacationing outside of cell service is rarely interrogated.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
His attorneys pointed out that Dassey had a low IQ bordering on intellectual disability, and questioned law enforcement's interrogation tactics — including allowing the teen to be interrogated without a parent or attorney present.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In some cases, they were held for as long as 20 hours in a room at MIA, where they were interrogated by customs agents about their business dealings and wealth, and asked about other prominent members of Haiti’s economic elite.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogated
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During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being trapped in a room, and being propositioned by a famous director.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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While the co-stars didn’t address the bullying report on the red carpet, Stranger Things creators Ross and Matt Duffer and director Shawn Levy were each asked about its veracity.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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In fact, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of horror stories circulating across Facebook, Reddit, and other platforms about individuals being questioned at check-in by airline agents or, worse, denied entry altogether.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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McKesson never questioned her genetics – or considered 23andMe – until a team of surgeons performed an urgent, open-heart procedure in 2022 to remove clots from her heart and lungs.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The attorney general used the same tactic when Durbin quizzed her about a July memo from her department announcing no new information had been found in its Epstein files.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The exec was later quizzed why HBO Max Spain had not yet leaned into any of its more successful docs or doc series and expanded them.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Interrogated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogated. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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