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detention cell

NOUN
drunk tank
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What followed is still under investigation but Toro never made it to a detention cell.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023

“I did not intend to do this,” she said via a video link from a detention cell, “but I understand the charges against me, and I just hope that that is also taken into account.”

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

CBP also began using some of the detention cell space inside the courthouse — jail cells normally run by the Marshals Service — to detain and question suspects, according to officials familiar with the matter.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2020

Resistance guests will be thrown into a detention cell where they could run up against Kylo Ren.

From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2019

The last time he had felt like this was back in his small detention cell.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen




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