in detention
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: in a prison or similar place
Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.
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And despite being scolded by school administrators for it and having to file a lawsuit, more and more students began to show up each week wearing the shirts, as the school had to alter its dress code and start placing students in detention for wearing them.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The orientation programs operate in detention centers often located in isolated parts of the country, far from the cities where immigration attorneys and legal services programs are concentrated.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
President Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended Wednesday at his residential compound, faces potential rebellion charges linked to his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, which set off the country’s most serious political crisis since its democratization in the late 1980s.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2025
The police officer is out on bail while the former head of the hospital remains in detention in connection with a separate case of financial irregularities at the hospital.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The orientation programs operate in detention centers often located in isolated parts of the country, far from the cities where immigration attorneys and legal services programs are concentrated.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
President Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended Wednesday at his residential compound, faces potential rebellion charges linked to his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, which set off the country’s most serious political crisis since its democratization in the late 1980s.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2025
The police officer is out on bail while the former head of the hospital remains in detention in connection with a separate case of financial irregularities at the hospital.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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