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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
In the wake of her murder -- and without forensic evidence or new leads -- hundreds of Black men were detained and interrogated, according to The Innocence Project.
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Deena Zaru, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2026
Detectives checked hotels and boarding houses in London, asking landlords and -ladies if the suspect had been a guest, and interrogated taxi drivers.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
After roughly half an hour of sitting with the officers in the shadow of the kapok, being interrogated about my thoughts on the government, a four-by-four pulled up.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Although neither have been charged under terrorism legislation, they, along with others from the Filton group, were initially held and interrogated under counterterrorism powers.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
He's interrogated by FBI Agent James Hosty (Gil Bellows), a real-life figure who investigated Oswald prior to Kennedy's assassination.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Officers located the teenager’s parents and interrogated them about the incident.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The plane, packed with highly classified information and surveillance equipment, made an emergency landing on an island a few hundred miles south of us — its crew of 24 held captive and many interrogated by the Chinese government.
—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez died that same year after being interrogated by intelligence agents.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 4 Jan. 2026
Deena Zaru, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2026
Detectives checked hotels and boarding houses in London, asking landlords and -ladies if the suspect had been a guest, and interrogated taxi drivers.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
After roughly half an hour of sitting with the officers in the shadow of the kapok, being interrogated about my thoughts on the government, a four-by-four pulled up.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Although neither have been charged under terrorism legislation, they, along with others from the Filton group, were initially held and interrogated under counterterrorism powers.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
He's interrogated by FBI Agent James Hosty (Gil Bellows), a real-life figure who investigated Oswald prior to Kennedy's assassination.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Officers located the teenager’s parents and interrogated them about the incident.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The plane, packed with highly classified information and surveillance equipment, made an emergency landing on an island a few hundred miles south of us — its crew of 24 held captive and many interrogated by the Chinese government.
—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez died that same year after being interrogated by intelligence agents.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogated
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Romanucci asked in an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune this month.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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Motorists who must travel are asked to give emergency responders and Georgia Department of Transportation crews space to let them quickly and safely work.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Earlier phases examined high-level safety objectives, passive safety features, cooling systems, containment strategies, and the management of severe accident conditions, with reports from these phases already published.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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In a new study led by researchers at Stanford University, scientists examined how deep-ocean earthquakes beneath the Southern Ocean may be influencing surface ecosystems around Antarctica.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Jan. 2026
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The defense also claims Mangione was questioned before his Miranda rights were read.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Defense attorneys questioned whether Jimenez truly believed the messages were a solicitation for murder.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Kids Baking Championship co-hosts quizzed each other on Gen Z (and Gen Alpha) slang in a funny new Food Network video.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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