interviewed

past tense of interview
as in surveyed
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion

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Recent Examples of interviewed Investigators executed multiple search warrants and interviewed several people before pursuing other leads, Nanos said. Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026 Hicks said hundreds of potential witnesses were expected to be interviewed. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026 Civil rights and criminal justice experts interviewed by the Observer say the police owe it to the community to do a thorough investigation and offer transparency, given the history of Black people being lynched in the South. Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 Since March, of the 81 people his team had interviewed for their latest study in San Diego, eight of them turned out to have active syphilis. Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026 Additional story elements and research were contributed by South African writer Mda, who interviewed Masekela extensively. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 July 2026 Detectives collected evidence from the scene, interviewed witnesses and reviewed surveillance footage, police said. Tim Fang, CBS News, 30 July 2026 Cops had been to 20 states and interviewed more than 150 people. Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 In fact, according to the Greenhouse 2026 Candidate AI Interview Report, which surveyed 2,950 active job seekers across the US, UK, Germany, Australia, and Ireland, 63%, nearly two-thirds, have actually been interviewed by AI. Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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  • Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 207,000 new applications.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Nearly 90% of the farmworkers surveyed feared detention and deportation.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

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