detainment

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To a pastor released after a warrantless detainment.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

The case has been closely monitored by human rights groups including Amal Clooney's Clooney Foundation for Justice, which in October questioned the lengthy detainment, citing "repeated postponements and slow progress".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Limón is one of the most powerful politicians in the state behind Gov. Gavin Newsom, but the detainment of American citizens, including U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Neither Michigan nor Moore have commented publicly on what happened next, but the firing appears to have set into motion the chain of events that led to Moore’s police detainment later that day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

These unprovable suspicions, Jackson’s detainment in the laundry, Pierrot’s wretched delivery and the morning’s colossal heat were oppressive to Briony.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan