imprison
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Because the intelligence agency knows of Almásy’s affair with Katharine, they assume Geoffrey’s death is suspicious and imprison Almásy as he tries to get help.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Federal prosecutors, seeking to imprison Rinderknecht for up to 45 years, say they will call ATF experts to refute that fireworks, a cigarette or power lines started the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Mitsotakis, who notes the fraud began before he came to power in 2019, has vowed to imprison the "thieves" responsible and to reclaim the funds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
In America, we don’t imprison people for violating rules that were never written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Well, according to Charles “Chip” Pashayan, Bobby’s pro bono lawyer, the Treasury Department could and would fine and imprison him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The camera is almost always static; the frame is frozen in a way that virtually imprisons the characters, suggesting that their blinkered belief systems similarly constrain their thoughts and direct their deeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
How does this good woman merit a disease that imprisons you in your own body?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Last night he suggested in his usual oleaginous way that mean people on Twitter are worse than a dictator who poisons and imprisons his political adversaries.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2022
Exiled back to Earth, Monkey and his armies battle the forces of Heaven successfully until the Buddha finally imprisons him under a mountain.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
Banning not only confines one physically, it imprisons one’s spirit.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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For his service, Muratov only garnered suspicion: He was arrested and imprisoned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They have been imprisoned at the Baker County Detention Center and denied bail ever since.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
To be eligible, a person has to have been imprisoned as a result of a conviction that was later vacated by a court.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chávez had been imprisoned in June 2023 over her alleged role in Castillo's plan to dissolve congress.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The increased attention also led to several Supreme Court rulings that provided basic due process protections for imprisoned people.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The demonstration was a protest against the policy of internment – imprisoning people without trial – which had been put in place following three years of violence.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Retired tech titans and social media luminaries can no more control the development of AI by banning it than the Catholic Church could undo the fact that Earth revolves around the sun by imprisoning Galileo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
"Excuse me, that's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Hassan said.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
Before imprisoning people, including noncitizens, the government is required under the Constitution to charge the defendants with a crime and to prove their guilt in a jury trial, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
Usually, though, western Kansas winters are imprisoning, and usually frost on the fields and razory winds have altered the climate before Christmas.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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