as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life
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to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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Recent Examples of interned
Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Scott moved to New York City and attended the Culinary Institute of New York in 2009, and later interned at the Food Network.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
By June 1945, some 400 POWs were interned at the camp.
—George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Afterward, Driscoll attended Yale Law School, and briefly interned at the Senate Committee for Veterans Affairs, before joining Charlotte investment banking firm BlackArch Partners.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Connease Warren, an Indiana native who interned at the Free Press in 2008, is vacationing in Ocho Rios on the northern central coast.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Like LaSota, a computer engineer from Fairbanks, Alaska, several Zizians worked or interned at technology behemoths, such as Google, Oracle, and NASA.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Murphy previously interned at a nonprofit organization that offers support and inclusive programs for people with disabilities in the Georgia region.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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In 2005, McKee began medical school at Ohio State University and interned at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center starting in 2014, records show.
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Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.—
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Yoon, currently jailed after his removal from office in April, faces multiple trials; experts predict life imprisonment rather than execution is more likely.—
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Jonathon Michael Kaupa, 31, is jailed and charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbings at Equinox Apartments located in the 2800 block of Silver Lane, just west of Silver Lake Road.—
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Burgueno-Luna spoke to the undercover agent for about two months while incarcerated in early 2023 and successfully sent 2,000 pills of fentanyl and nearly 900 grams of pure methamphetamine to Cherryville and Gaston County, court documents say.—
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For women incarcerated at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, that balance often feels abstract.—
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In place of Debicki’s haunted Jed, who was Roper’s girlfriend-slash-captive and Pine’s love interest, Season 2’s combination of femme fatale and Bond girl is Roxana Bolaños, a gorgeous businesswoman played by Camila Morrone.—
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Instead of Venezuela choosing its partners based on price or quality, the state has created a captive customer.—
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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