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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
While Cipher interrogated and manipulated Polarity to find Marie’s whereabouts, Marie, Jordan (London Thor and Derek Luh), Emma (Lizze Broadway), Sam, Cate (Maddie Phillips) and Annabeth faced the full brunt of Vikor (Tait Fletcher), who was sent by Cipher to retrieve Cipher’s favorite.
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
For four years the DINA detained, interrogated and tortured tens of thousands of Pinochet’s opponents.
—Literary Hub, 8 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
Sonia, Sunny, and their kin — people who can afford to vacation in Europe, though only after being humiliatingly interrogated to get a visa — are case studies in uneven privilege.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
In the hours after the shooting, authorities detained two people, including one interrogated by law enforcement.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
For four years the DINA detained, interrogated and tortured tens of thousands of Pinochet’s opponents.
—Literary Hub, 8 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
Sonia, Sunny, and their kin — people who can afford to vacation in Europe, though only after being humiliatingly interrogated to get a visa — are case studies in uneven privilege.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
In the hours after the shooting, authorities detained two people, including one interrogated by law enforcement.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogated
Verb
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Everyone has their own answer to that question, but who has the right answer when asked what the first Canadian novel was?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Ansari had previously asked him to spec a watch for another feature—a request that gradually drew him into Hollywood consulting.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Leslie's murder went cold for years until two new detectives re-examined the evidence in 2022.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Since the nineties, a number of studies have examined the long-term impacts of starvation on fetuses in the womb.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Greenberg questioned why Republicans are inaccurately labeling protesters in a way that could potentially draw violence.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Acosta was also questioned about a photograph that allegedly showed Menchel skiing in Aspen with Epstein sometime in the early 2000s.—
Julie K Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 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 20 Oct. 2025.
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