handcuff
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“This is a family town,” the arresting officer tells jeering onlookers as he and the two others handcuff Gamble.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.”
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
These steps wouldn’t handcuff discretion; it would discipline it.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
Arthur asked the immigration officers not to handcuff his wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
If they doubted the existence of Special Circumstances, Tally showed them the plastic handcuff bracelets still encircling her wrists, and invited them to try to cut the cuffs off.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
So I can go directly to the market, and it’s not like I have handcuffs on me where I can only go to three places to get a TV show made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the first day of the hearing, which is scheduled to last all week, Robinson appeared in court in handcuffs, wearing a gray suit and a dark tie.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Professional investment advisers have to wear handcuffs when they manage clients’ money.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
He is then approached by two National Guard troops, and the video shows that he was later placed in handcuffs, with US Park Police also standing around.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
It was full of odds and ends he thought would come in handy for an adventure—rubber bands, a compass, granola bars, coins, a squirt gun, a magnifying glass, plastic handcuffs, string, a whistle.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
They were handcuffed again and taken to the Whipple Federal Building.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
On January 2 Contreras was handcuffed when he showed up for his immigration hearing, put on a plane and flown to his native Honduras.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The video ends before Digwa is put in a police van, but Hampshire police confirmed to the BBC that he was "never handcuffed", just as the Nowak family first disclosed after his sentencing.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The handcuffed, injured inmates looked not despondent but electrified.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Videos on social media showed federal authorities in Charlotte handcuffing people and leading them into cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Videos of Ms Ozturk's arrest in March, showing masked plain-clothes officers handcuffing her and taking her into an unmarked car after a Ramadan celebration, sparked nation-wide protests.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
One suspect he was handcuffing turned to him and asked, “What’s George C. Scott really like?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
I suspect that we will soon see the Incredible Hulk handcuffing someone.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
The suggestion was firmly rejected, a sergeant informing Mr. Muckle that handcuffing a bunch of middle- school kids wouldn’t be good for the public safety department’s image.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
