HOUSE ARRESTS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

house arrests

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plural of house arrest

as in custodies

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Surveillance video captures shooting at Pasadena gas station CBS News Baltimore obtained surveillance video showing a group of people gathered around a gas pump before a person pulls out a gun and fires shots.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
On a Galaxy phone, Samsung saves it in Gallery and may also place it inside the Video captures album.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Severe injuries can occur because of the forces experienced during a ride, collisions, problems with restraints or other mechanical and operational incidents.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Summer Bates, who was at the Georgia park with her husband and three children and saw Kariem fall, told the AP previously that her older two children kept trying to push their restraints down tighter while on the ride.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Police made at least 272 arrests across the country, including in Paris.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Under his leadership, the Office of Statewide Prosecution secured 2,000 arrests and hundreds of years in prison for those who prey on our state’s children.

— Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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Although Saetern’s official cause of death was cocaine, Obayashi still considers deaths that happen after people go unconscious during detainments as in-custody deaths.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
However, detainments by federal agents have continued in the area.

— Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

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