abducted
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When they were abducted, helicopters were deployed and multiple attempts were made to reach the location, but these efforts were hampered by fighting in the area, the Salvadoran armed forces said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
In a number of cases they had been abducted by Russia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Maybe you just fell in with the wrong crowd and got abducted by aliens,” Neiden says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The actor stars in a series on MGM+ about a man in 1970s Indianapolis who abducted a mortgage lender and discussed it live on air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Ah,” I said, and went out to find leaves of the same kind we’d abducted Petey from.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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