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as in questioning
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as in investigation
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The arrest followed Knox’s detainment by Italian police for questioning — an interrogation that lasted 53 hours over five days without legal counsel or an interpreter present and led to Knox eventually signing a confession that put her at the crime scene and implicated Lumumba.
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Alyssa Davis, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Ministry of Not Forgetting was a helpful devise in the interrogation of Faithfull’s life and personality, the directors explain.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The way forward is not blind faith or blanket rejection, but a structured method for skeptical interrogation.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Nearly a decade after the second acquittal, which was decided by Italy's highest court, the Supreme Court of Cassation, Knox returned to Italy for another trial on slander charges related to the initial interrogation.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Alyssa Davis, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Ministry of Not Forgetting was a helpful devise in the interrogation of Faithfull’s life and personality, the directors explain.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The way forward is not blind faith or blanket rejection, but a structured method for skeptical interrogation.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Nearly a decade after the second acquittal, which was decided by Italy's highest court, the Supreme Court of Cassation, Knox returned to Italy for another trial on slander charges related to the initial interrogation.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogation
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Earlier that day, speaking with Hugo in the crew mess, Jess acknowledged that her reaction to Solène’s questioning of Kerry about the Solène embargo was outsize.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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Asking Better Questions Is An Innovation Mindset The first key to using questions to innovate is developing a questioning mindset.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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As part of the investigation, the FA leant on analysis of the four suspicious matches provided by Stats Perform Integrity Services (SPIS), which is a division of data company Stats Perform.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the Homeland Security Investigations Task Force, other agencies involved in the investigation were the Fayetteville, Eureka Springs, Harrison, Springdale and Berryville police departments, according to the release.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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While Schneider was expressing his feelings about the unknown state of Judge’s normally rocket arm, the Yankees seemed weary about answering these kind of inquiries.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Panouses regularly fields inquiries from investors, scammers and people in need, all trying to reach his clients.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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By the time Ono came before his second trial by inquisition, this one at the hands of the governors of the State University System, the counterassault was well and truly underway.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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Biden's physical and mental decline in office and its cover up by those around him is a legitimate scandal worthy of inquisition.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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The film stages its riot of activity as hard-nosed honesty, but its portrait is ultimately as ginned-up and inexact as the fictional news broadcast’s lurid prying.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other prying eyes won’t have access to the documents, either.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The First 70 Years contains impeccable research and analysis, accompanied by fascinating photos of the sets, film crews, and casts.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The probe into possible misuse of those funds prompted a search warrant executed by the office in June at the MEDC's Lansing headquarters and a residence in Farmington Hills where Beydoun lives.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Elena Bianca Zagari Un Mondo Proprio (A World of One's Own) grew out of my long-term exploration of women's identities in Naples, the city where I was born.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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Known for its reliability and resilience, Canada Goose has supported on- and off-screen roles in some of the planet’s most extreme locations, empowering exploration of all kinds, both behind the scenes and front of the lens.—
Steven Huizar,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Interrogation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogation. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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