dragnet
Example Sentences
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In our quest to catch the neighborhood porch pirate, we’ve inadvertently built a dragnet that catches much more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
To many Americans, the viral image of a child swept up in an enforcement dragnet is horrifying.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
At least two American citizens were caught up in the dragnet — a security guard headed to work at Glass House and a philosophy professor at Cal State Channel Islands who was protesting the raid.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2025
When reckless policing is combined with powerful and inaccurate dragnet tools, the result will inevitably be more stories like Lopez-Gomez’s and Machado’s.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
The dragnet of the manhunters eventually rounded up more than one hundred suspects.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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