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interned

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verb

past tense of intern

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Verb
  • He was imprisoned for nearly 18 years.
    Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Iranians seized our embassy in Teheran and imprisoned diplomats for over a year.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Before the campaign season even began, Maduro’s government had jailed more than 15,000 politicians, protesters, activists, and journalists, subjecting an unknown number to torture.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Branch said violations could lead her to revoke Nutley's bond, and she would be jailed until the case is resolved.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • At least seven Australians are believed to have died fighting in Ukraine, according to ABC, but none was known to have died while being held captive.
    Eric Cheung, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the two years between his arrest and conviction, Wedding was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • He was was incarcerated at the time after being sentenced in 2009 to 19 years to life for his second-degree murder conviction in the 2003 shooting of Barbarian Queen actress Lana Clarkson.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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