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When she awakens in a hospital room two days later, there’s been no ransom note, no explanation about where she went or why.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

They deny they are holding accounts to ransom - instead saying they file legitimate claims on behalf of copyright holders.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Plummer’s Getty is imperious and withholding, refusing to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson and seemingly puzzled that anyone would expect him to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

So how could Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper, or kidnappers, be caught from these brief ransom notes?

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

"It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

It was definitely not cheap paying off these pirates, whether it was ransoms or tariffs.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

It is a lucrative money-spinner but the government consistently denies paying ransoms.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

The payment of ransoms has been outlawed in an attempt to cut the supply of money to the criminal gangs, but to little effect.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

The payment of ransoms has been outlawed in an attempt to cut the supply of money to the criminal gangs - but this has had little effect.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

"Knights and lordlings, they take each other captive and pay ransoms, but they don't care if the likes of you yield or not."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

King Richard was captured on his way back from the Middle East and ransomed for 150,000 silver marks—approximately three times the annual income of the English Crown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

This thriller — in which a flight attendant is on a plane to Sydney when her 5-year-old daughter is ransomed — is notable for its capacity to get into the heads of its characters.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

He was eventually freed, returned to Gambia, and ransomed fellow Muslims who were enslaved.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

Anticipating that the Abu Sayyaf may soon demand the German to be ransomed off, Tan appealed for people to follow the Philippine government’s no-ransom policy.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2016

I never distinguished myself again, and each defeat meant the loss of another charger arid another suit of jousting armor, which must needs he ransomed or replaced.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2021

Heinkel and Borelli are accused in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in late March of improperly impounding Bird’s scooters and then ransoming them back to the $2 billion company.

From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2019

Simone’s situation sounds dramatic enough to hold an episode of “Homeland” — in fact, the ransoming of Carrie Mathison’s top-secret computer files drove a plot point on the Showtime series last season.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2018

The emperour well vnderstood the wealth and riches of England, and therefore hoped to make some good purchase by ransoming the king, if he might get him out of the dukes hands.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed