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Recent Examples of detainee
The Basile facility quarantined the dorm where the Chinese migrant was housed and conducted tests of the detainees in that dorm for drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin raised concerns recently in a letter to their Israeli counterparts about the conditions of Palestinian detainees and asked that Israel allow the Red Cross access to its detention facilities.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Several Israeli and international human rights organizations have documented testimony from former detainees, and have accused Israel of widespread systemic abuse of Palestinians detainees.
—NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Foxworth and Detroit police did not provide additional details this week, including questions about the number of detainees who have died by suicide in the facility in recent years.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin raised concerns recently in a letter to their Israeli counterparts about the conditions of Palestinian detainees and asked that Israel allow the Red Cross access to its detention facilities.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Several Israeli and international human rights organizations have documented testimony from former detainees, and have accused Israel of widespread systemic abuse of Palestinians detainees.
—NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Foxworth and Detroit police did not provide additional details this week, including questions about the number of detainees who have died by suicide in the facility in recent years.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainee
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According to the lawsuit, which lists six unnamed John Does as defendants, the group also drove to multiple polling locations in Royal Oak and Birmingham and illegally recorded voters inside polling stations.Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Then—as most defendants do routinely unless the settlement agreement expressly says otherwise—the defendant issued her a Form 1099.Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Approximately 30,000 arrestees are booked annually, according to the county’s Sheriff’s Office.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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According to a police report from that day, a 16-year-old was listed as an arrestee for cocaine possession, dangerous possession of a firearm as a minor and firearm near the minor involved.Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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One witness followed the truck while calling 911, and police officers pulled over the suspect in the 800 block of East Tabor Avenue, about 2½ miles from the mall.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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TikTokers take turns being the fleeing suspect and bratty cop, exchanging insults and trying to get under each other’s skin, with some getting pretty personal, but most staying lighthearted.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many vegans and vegetarians do not want meat, chicken or fish in their kitchens.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But at least one tribe holds out hope for the future of fish in the Klamath.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its undeniably a humanitarian crisis and a very real security threat because of drug cartels, criminals and terrorists crossing the border.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Jordanians will soar like eagles to hunt you down, one criminal after another.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Detainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainee. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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