1
as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before
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as in to examine
to put a series of questions to
police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end
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Recent Examples of interrogate
Everyone was interrogated multiple times, the office of the DOP was raided, the sound recordist’s passport was confiscated.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Breaking the rules sent Peter behind bars where he was interrogated before given a second chance by his boss Catherine to become a double agent, just like his traitor father.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Orange County Public Schools said in a memo that administrators can't prevent immigration officers from showing up to interrogate or arrest students, per the Orlando Sentinel.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Like many who had come to the island before him, Ng’s father waited more than a month to be interrogated by an official, and was denied entry to the country on his first attempt, when his answers to his immigration interview were deemed incorrect.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Breaking the rules sent Peter behind bars where he was interrogated before given a second chance by his boss Catherine to become a double agent, just like his traitor father.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Orange County Public Schools said in a memo that administrators can't prevent immigration officers from showing up to interrogate or arrest students, per the Orlando Sentinel.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Like many who had come to the island before him, Ng’s father waited more than a month to be interrogated by an official, and was denied entry to the country on his first attempt, when his answers to his immigration interview were deemed incorrect.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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Despite that fact that artists don’t get paid for appearing in the Super Bowl Halftime show, it is considered a great honor to be asked.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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Yes, the president was asked directly, is there anything that Elon Musk cannot touch?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Yes, the Reputation Management system examines your social media accounts, but Social Media Monitoring in the main IDShield app has a different purpose.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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Through fiscal year 2023, the IRS examined 0.44% of individual returns filed for tax years 2013 through 2021, according to the latest IRS Data Book.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has put out guidance on how school officials should respond should immigration agents attempt to question or remove students.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Members of Elon Musk’s team reportedly have accessed sensitive department data, and some members of Congress went to department headquarters to question the team but were denied access.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Interrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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