incident
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Those on the warship were held captive for months, with the incident later dramatised in the 1957 film Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S Amethyst.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
"There are literally two options left," Incident Commander Craig Covey said.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
One segment of the doc pulls from a somber video from the LAPD’s Hollenbeck division that describes Dead City’s Boyle Heights show in a “Critical Incident Community Briefing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
On Halloween, Patel also fired Steven Palmer, a 27-year agent who ran the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group, the unit that responds to high-risk situations like child abductions and hostages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
It was worse than the Duct Tape Incident, because I always knew that the Kevin Richmans of the world didn’t like me.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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