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detention cell

NOUN
drunk tank
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What followed is still under investigation but Toro never made it to a detention cell.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2023

CBP also began using some of the detention cell space inside the courthouse — jail cells normally run by the Marshals Service — to detain and question suspects, according to officials familiar with the matter.

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2020

Resistance guests will be thrown into a detention cell where they could run up against Kylo Ren.

From Washington Times Feb. 28, 2019

It takes as its story the perilous desert crossing regularly made by Latin American migrants from Mexico into the U.S. — harrowing journeys that can end in death or in a Border Patrol detention cell.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2017

The last time he had felt like this was back in his small detention cell.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen




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