detain

Example Sentences

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In April, Soto-Parada was detained and deported by United States Border Patrol agents after a routine traffic stop in Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times

The interior minister also shared a video appearing to show dozens of counter-terrorism officers taking part in the operations and detaining several people.

From BBC

Immigration attorneys described an escalating trend of cases in which someone who won protection from deportation has remained indefinitely detained.

From Los Angeles Times

He was detained in Egypt in September 2019, and in December 2021 was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news.

From Barron's

He was removed from office then arrested this year on insurrection charges, which he denies, the first time that a South Korean former president and his wife had both been detained.

From Barron's