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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
At the police station, Tip Hunter interrogated Williams and Thomas Davis for hours about NAACP activity before releasing Thomas Davis, who left town.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Violent images of prisoners being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison complex eventually came out, damaging the United States’ standing on the world stage and sparking a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Violent images of prisoners being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison complex eventually came out, damaging the United States’ standing on the world stage and sparking a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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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When the deputy questioned Rustrian, the scuffle began, the source told CBS.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Stokes recently came under fire after several viral social media posts questioned her legal qualifications and reported connection to Second Chance Services, a mental health and addiction clinic in Charlotte.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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