abducted
Example Sentences
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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
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-month-old boy believed to have been abducted from Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The biggest letdown about being abducted by aliens is the abundance of gravity on the spaceship.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
