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
Besigye, who has run for president against long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni four times, was dramatically abducted in Kenya in 2024 and taken back to Uganda.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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 think Ed lost my mind the way Grandpa had, or that Ed run away or been abducted or taken a nosedive off the cliffs.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
