fugitive
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However, he did flag that Abbott’s defense, which hinges on the question of whether Castro is a fugitive, is suspect.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Cole, whom news reports are calling a cop killer and a fugitive, is a British former Marine and police officer with a shadowy past that brought an abrupt end to his career in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Hey, come here, piggy piggy, come here, baby,” he said in one TikTok video, his bike brakes squealing as he reverses direction to catch up with the pink, fuzzy fugitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In California, Newport Beach Police Department's podcast about the fugitive Chadwick, for example, was not without controversy.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
And supposing it was a fugitive, what then?
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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She aptly notes, however, that the fierce defense of the fugitives in Christiana was rooted in “decades of tenacious, ever-evolving anti-slavery and Black rights efforts,” which had “spread out across Philadelphia and rural southeastern Pennsylvania.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Under Texas law limiting the detention of fugitives, Castro may be eligible for release from jail as soon as next week, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Flock Safety operates 138 pole-mounted cameras in Los Angeles, allowing authorities to track vehicles that have been reported stolen or are registered to known fugitives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the back of her mind an old memory flared: the Sims boy, Anthony Bums, Shadrach, all of them arrested here in Boston, charged with being fugitives.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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