abducted
Example Sentences
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The president's orders came after the kidnappers posted a video on social media of what they said were those abducted last week sitting in a forest.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In fact, scores of American citizens have been abducted off the street and detained.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
And we set out to retrace the steps of investigators from the moment they arrived at Nancy’s adobe-brick ranch where she was abducted on Feb. 1.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He was abducted in neighbouring Kenya in 2024 and reappeared in Uganda, where he was brought before a military tribunal until the case was transferred to a civilian court.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He’d been abducted by the alien known as Hera.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
