abducted
Example Sentences
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“Maybe you just fell in with the wrong crowd and got abducted by aliens,” Neiden says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Alex Batty, who disappeared for six years after being abducted by his mother as a child, has described feeling a renewed "sense of purpose" after finding work.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Asheville police credit Flock with helping recover hundreds of stolen vehicles, find children abducted by relatives, and advance investigations, including after a July 4th-weekend shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In fact, scores of American citizens have been abducted off the street and detained.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’d been abducted by the alien known as Hera.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
