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How to use dragnets in a sentence

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Its inclusion in the criminal code will allow for broad police dragnets and detentions.
That support, and the mountainous conditions, have helped him to elude one of the largest dragnets in history.
Thousands of immigrants have been swept up in draconian dragnets, and many have been denied access to counsel and family.
Many pupils struggled to get to school after buses were cancelled and huge traffic jams developed as police set up dragnets to try to catch the sniper.
The problem with this example is that many noncitizens caught up in today's dragnets aren't just five randomly chosen students coming to America for the first time.
But there are several potential problems with DNA dragnets, most importantly the question of what happens to the samples of the people who are cleared as suspects.
In February 2003, hundreds of Pakistanis moved abroad when rumors of dragnets and new federal registration deadlines prompted a renewed fear of deportation.
Most citizens may not be aware of this ominous shift, but those who live within the sweeping reach of government dragnets can tell them that life is not the same in America.
Many of you probably heard of the Estai, which was arrested on the Grand Banks for putting liners inside their dragnets.
In their attempts to capture the animals of the reef, fishers may resort to using dragnets and explosives.
Huge trawlers have been going through using dragnets and literally ripping the coral off the bottom of the ocean floor.
Manatees are caught sometimes in fishing dragnets.
When thinking of overfishing, participants imagined trawlers with dragnets, vast amounts of wasted by-catch, fish getting more expensive, and an empty sea.
And for those who dare to venture out of their homes, traffic dragnets designed to trap the killer's white van cause hours of delay. Contrast that with the reaction to September 11th.
Moreover, as soon as you weigh anchor, don't hesitate to set up dragnets?
We have also identified those who are involved in pulling dragnets.
Examples from Classical Literature
The police arrested people almost indiscriminately, with several journalists getting caught in the dragnets.
I also resent that when one of their own goes down, dragnets of unparalleled coverage are enacted and departments work around the clock until the culprit is found.
Dragnets generally involve warrantless searches in which masses of individuals consent to provide their genetic material to investigators to help solve a specific crime.
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