house arrest
Example Sentences
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In 2023, after Andrew Tate wrote on social media that he had spent 92 days in prison in Romania and several months under house arrest, Donald Trump Jr. wrote, “Absolute insanity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Brazil's top court on Saturday denied a request by Argentine President Javier Milei to visit former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, a ruling obtained by AFP showed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Deng also crushed intraparty democracy, Pei said, with only Zhao Ziyang—the reform-minded party secretary who was placed under house arrest after opposing the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989—daring to experiment with it briefly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
He added that the Indian prime minister raised broader issues related to democracy in the neighbouring country and discussed Aung San Suu Kyi - currently under strict house arrest.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
I am under house arrest here in The Cottage at the Moon Squadron aerodrome.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
