"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The brothers escaped and were detained near the Danish border where they hid on a farm for two months until the end of the war.
- He was found collapsed in cell on Dec. 10, shortly after being detained near the perimeter of an American Army base in southeast Afghanistan.
- A pro-Tibet group said three US demonstrators had been detained near the site after planning to hold up Tibetan flags during the ceremony.
- Eight Canadian soldiers were also detained today near the town of Ilijas, northwest of Sarajevo.
- "This shows you were detained near Beersheba earlier this morning?"
- When he was detained near Dunnottar, south of Johannesburg, on June 20, 1986, a policeman beat him and kicked him in the face.
- Two men, Albanians in their 20's or 30's from a nearby village, were detained near the scene of the explosion and were being held.
- In the winter of 1816-1817, DeMun and his company were formally detained near the village of Rio Colorado.
- Pangborn was detained near the Latvian frontier when he entered the country without a visa.
- She's being detained on Starbase 23, near the Neutral Zone, but has been allowed free access to contact her people, within security-based limits.
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