impound

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Recent Examples of impound The vehicle was impounded at the Miami-Dade Police Department as evidence. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 The tow truck that was used to bring the baby to the hospital was impounded by police as possible evidence in a crime. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024 Corbin did testify that a pistol found inside of Robinson's car was a significant factor in the decision to impound the car, but tests showed the gun was not connected to the shooting police were investigating. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024 The unidentified juror’s affidavit was filed in support of a motion to indefinitely impound the jury list — which Read case Judge Beverly Cannone approved. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for impound 
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  • As a result, brand safety—once a conversation confined to the advertising world—has now become crucial for political content programs and campaigns.
    Jeremy Barnett, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Most filmmakers confine themselves to cinematic reference points, but Ree has derived ingenious inspiration from some of the world’s greatest writers.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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  • Related Articles As for her glam, Johansson kept it clean and simple.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In this scenario, Seattle can find cap space from other places on the roster, keep Smith through the draft and still select a quarterback with the 18th pick or in the later rounds.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Losing the ByteDance algorithm through a sale of TikTok would limit the app's ability to serve its users.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
  • This lack of resources limits government health officials — such as Gantes in the Ngäbe-Buglé territory — from being able to effectively diagnose and treat HIV.
    Adam Williams, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • He will not be barred from voting, as Florida—where Trump now resides—defers on that to the state law where the felon was convicted, and New York allows felons to vote as long as they’re not incarcerated.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Desiree Greene, who was already incarcerated at the time of Thursday’s arrest, is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and sale of narcotics, according to the Norwich Police Department.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • These attempts by insurers to restrict CRNAs' practice underscores the critical need for HHS to enforce the nondiscrimination provision and is why AANA continues its litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to compel HHS to enforce the law.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The legislature also has restricted the type of complaints the body can investigate and limited the commission’s attempts to oversee lawmakers — familiar tactics to impede ethics commissions across the country, according to the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit that has studied the issue.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Violent rioters — prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned — somehow became patriotic martyrs.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The regime has shot and killed demonstrators and imprisoned more than 2,000 people, including the mayor of the second-largest city, Maracaibo; several regional opposition leaders; and more than 100 children.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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  • During the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines from 1972 to 1986, the United States trained and funded a Philippine army that tortured, jailed, and disappeared thousands of dissidents.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Robinson was jailed after admitting contempt of court last year for continually repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee that led to the refugee and his family receiving death threats.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • The individual, whose identity hasn’t been released, was quickly restrained by fellow passengers and later detained by state troopers.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Plus, in wine bars restrained by small kitchens, the ice cream coupe offers ample space for experimentation, allowing chefs to push the boundaries with the produce and tools at hand and easily tweak their recipes to keep regulars on their toes.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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