detained

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It was led in part by Gabriela Soto, who is four months pregnant and whose husband was detained inside.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

South Korea’s coast guard said they had detained a Chinese man in his 60s with the surname Dong in waters off the west coast of the peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The woman was then detained by Kurdish forces in 2019 and held in the al-Hawl Internally Displaced Persons camp until returning to Australia in September last year, they said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

He lived in hiding for two years in Hanoi, but was eventually detained by Vietnamese police and deported back home.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The enchantress in her beauty fed and caressed me, promised me I should be immortal, youthful, all the days to come; but in my heart I never gave consent though seven years detained.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer