arresting
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The protest erupted after federal agents conducted simultaneous immigration raids at the company’s Camarillo and Carpinteria locations, arresting more than 300 workers without documentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The 2025 US State Department Report on human trafficking accused the government of failing to make significant efforts to eliminate it, never arresting or prosecuting a suspected scam compound operator or owner.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
These are poets who sought to alter the reader’s perception of reality by way of arresting, often sense-defying arrangements of language and imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“By arresting Villarreal, rather than solely disciplining the employee for any wrongdoing, county officials took this ‘everyday journalism’ and transformed it ‘into a crime,’ ” she wrote.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
“I would say to the guy in the attorney general’s office, ‘Why aren’t you arresting people?’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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