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
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
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
On Thursday, the country's presidency said that more than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria had been rescued.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I’ve gone a whole year without being abducted before, but January twenty-ninth is barely a month from now, so you’d think they’d want to give me plenty of opportunities to push the button.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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