captive
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Perhaps the only thing that can be said with certainty about Kevin Warsh’s press conference following his first meeting as Federal Reserve chair this week is that he will have a captive audience.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026
Working with longtime collaborator Christine Dahlin of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and researchers from Austria, Benedict examined vocal recordings from more than 880 captive parrots.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
In contrast to Cricket, who skates along with no end plan, Olympia is a committed careerist, an artist who insists on a captive audience to justify her work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
She then claimed she was being held captive in secret videos.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
What had Hanako’s family done wrong that they had to be held captive for almost four entire years?
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
“It’s using earthquake data to interpret North Korean nuclear tests,” said Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of a nonprofit called Global Reach that focuses on American captives abroad and is working with Chen’s family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
On Sunday morning, the military released videos and photos of the freed captives as they sat under trees overnight.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
One sculpture transforms the European hero Robin Hood into an African bandit queen who raided slave traders and freed their captives.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Thomas Broughton’s vivid text zeroes in on the last days of the hero Hercules, who returns victorious from war with a string of captives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Slowly at first, some limping or leaning on their fellows, the captives began to emerge from their rough-hewn pen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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