detain

Example Sentences

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In the journal, Mr. Hertling was able to detain the man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

In November, a federal judge ordered Khan be released and blocked her detention until the court could consider the government’s argument on why it needed to detain her.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

She even wrote an emergency plan in case agents detain her as she commutes or defends her students.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

The report urged the EU and UK to "detain Russian shadow fleet vessels that pose huge environmental and security threats to European and UK coastlines".

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He couldn’t find any reason to detain them further.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye