arresting
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"Arresting people for their suffering is not just ineffective, it’s inhumane."
From Salon • May 24, 2025
Arresting and alarming though that is, it sets up an impossible comparison with the rest of the play, which, despite the director Jo Bonney’s efforts, is woefully light on dramatic ammunition.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024
Arresting them raises similar concerns as arresting journalists — namely that it stifles independent oversight of police at such events.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
Arresting the run of defeats will occupy his every waking thought right now,
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024
Arresting someone for coming forward with credible evidence that challenged the reliability of a capital murder conviction?
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing arresting
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"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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