arresting
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Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Federal immigration agents targeted at least one business here, arresting more than 40 immigrant workers and triggering civil unrest as they carried out sweeps across Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
However, Moses maintains that Butler did not say he was arresting him at the time.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
In some ways, arresting these men was the easy part.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
“You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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