detain
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Among them were two nephews the DEA would later detain: Efraín Campo Flores and Franqui Flores de Freitas, both raised by Flores after one of her sisters died.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office wrote in the statement to ProPublica that deputies do not make any decisions on who to detain — they report suspects to ICE, and ICE makes the decision.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
On Wednesday, the court allowed prosecutors to detain him for five days to enable detectives to conduct further investigations.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 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
As he had discovered the first day, getting into trouble could both detain him after school and boost his popularity with the guys.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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