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arrest

[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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Thailand's junta authorities were criticised for a murky investigation that appeared to wind down shortly after the arrest of the two men.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In April, a U.S. soldier was charged with using classified information about the arrest of Maduro to trade on Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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

Two years on from suffering his cardiac arrest, Lockyer returned to football with Bristol Rovers.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Fearing arrest if he flew to Haiti, he returned to Boston, bitter and disappointed.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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