How to pronounce detaining in American English
“detaining” pronunciation by American speakers
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“detaining” in real sentences — American speakers
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engaged in wrongfully detaining journalists or wrongfully detaining our citizens.
State Department
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prohibitively expensive, and actually detaining suspected terrorists in the same way that we're detaining convicted
The Obama White House
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Typically they're about detaining affairs and targeting.
National Archives
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