hijacked

Example Sentences

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Newly appointed "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton said Pelley "hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt."

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Speaking to Emma Barnett's Ready to Talk podcast Sally says she is relieved to have found an explanation for her behaviour, but is angry her life has been "hijacked".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Alex-Davies Jones, the government’s minister for victims, said the protests had been hijacked by people trying to cause fear and intimidation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But I am frustrated as a medical doctor that a complex issue like fertility—and the trumped-up threat of small penises and “population collapse”—was hijacked without scientific merit as the main argument against plastic.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Molly became accustomed to having their Friday-evening movie dates hijacked by the machine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik