abduction
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He was taken to police in Toulouse, before being brought to the UK where an investigation into potential abduction was opened.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
With him was 35-year-old Hani, a technically minded cousin who spearheaded the effort to understand how the abduction took place, and who gave only his first name to avoid reprisals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Instead of helping “Today” viewers begin their day, the longtime morning news anchor paid an off-camera visit to her NBC family amid her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction in Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The knowledge was more galling than the bare fact of his abduction.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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