rearresting

present participle of rearrest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearresting
Verb
  • In February, the party’s governing body blocked Burnham from running in another by-election.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Maasdam and Brink are running in.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
  • While the event has typically been held across all of Lakeview Park — one of Nampa’s largest public spaces — the city has adopted a new policy confining large events to the park’s northern side.
    Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • This year’s Southeast Asia 500, Fortune’s annual ranking of the region’s largest companies by revenue, captures a corporate landscape pulling in two directions at once.
    Andrew Staples, Fortune, 16 June 2026
  • Imax is pulling in 5% of that from 12 screens with 20% coming from PLF screens.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • The city has said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Despite shooting 1-for-16 and committing five turnovers in the final period, Valkyries coach Nakase said nothing worried her about her team’s fourth quarter performance.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • The movie is a study of loyalty, with Ja-sung ultimately committing to the operation after having struggled and been lied to by his law enforcement mentor.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With Sanders in front, still restraining the alligator with the catch pole, Pelosi came up behind it and tossed a rag over its eyes, the video showed.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • The system generated $189 million in revenue last year and over $2 billion total since the sale, according to a recent audit, all while severely restraining the city’s ability to make major road changes that remove parking spots and as parking costs rise.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
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“Rearresting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearresting. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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