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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
The Bride not looking like a monster and retaining her desirability after reanimation is common, but only sometimes interrogated.
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Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Abdelrahman says he was once interrogated by RSF fighters, while several of his colleagues have been robbed at knifepoint.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Maxwell Anderson later asked for a lawyer and was never interrogated.
—Lauren A. White, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
His gripping performance as a man who is brutally interrogated by two police officers was debated in the House of Commons.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Contestants were measured and weighed on camera at times and were often interrogated about their eating habits in front of the entire cast and crew.
—Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Feb. 2026
And yet word of the clinic’s existence soon reached security officers, who vandalized it and interrogated the doctor who ran it.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Classmates applying for jobs that year and the next were interrogated about their commitments to Israel.
—Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Abdelrahman says he was once interrogated by RSF fighters, while several of his colleagues have been robbed at knifepoint.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Maxwell Anderson later asked for a lawyer and was never interrogated.
—Lauren A. White, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
His gripping performance as a man who is brutally interrogated by two police officers was debated in the House of Commons.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Contestants were measured and weighed on camera at times and were often interrogated about their eating habits in front of the entire cast and crew.
—Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Feb. 2026
And yet word of the clinic’s existence soon reached security officers, who vandalized it and interrogated the doctor who ran it.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Classmates applying for jobs that year and the next were interrogated about their commitments to Israel.
—Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogated
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Place, a foreman and driver for Camelback Moving, asked the guard what was happening.—
Sydney Page The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Questions about the weather’s impact on philological practice, Most thought, could be asked of ancient Greece as well.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Because the diagnosis was so unusual, zoo staff examined the bodies of 64 free-ranging roof rats that had either been euthanized in the course of regular pest control or found dead on the property.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The test examined everything from the launch sequence to the deployment and separation of the reentry vehicles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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North Korea has said the new destroyer, named Kang Kon, was relaunched in June after repair, but outside experts have questioned whether the ship is fully operational.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Boatman believes the situation could lead to harassment of people who comply with the law, including cisgender women who may be questioned due to their appearance.—
David Williams,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rudofsky then quizzed Givens about Toney's business when he was actively engaged in drug trafficking -- most of which involved marijuana but by 2022 also involved multiple pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine as well as fentanyl.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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High school and middle school groups faced off and were quizzed on a wide range of Black History topics, from local roots to national moments.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Interrogated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogated. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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