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prisoner

[priz-uh-ner, priz-ner] / ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər /
NOUN
person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
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“I think what investors have to understand is this prisoner dilemma — spend everything, because if we don’t, we’re going to get wiped out — I think that phase is over,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Newsom’s decision to commute the sentences won’t have much practical effect in a state that has not executed a prisoner since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

She summed up her goal in a post on X: “For the reunification of every family, for the freedom of every political prisoner, for the freedom of Venezuela.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Khyliuk was returned to Ukraine in August 2025 in a prisoner exchange.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Go get onto the transport boat next to us and wait for me there. I’ll bring the prisoner with me in a minute.”

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

“There were protesters for the war in Ukraine saying, ‘Free the prisoners!

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

With other relatives of prisoners of war, she joined the "Association of Families of Azovstal Defenders" group to push for their release.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Another unlikely friend of the American prisoners is the princess’s cousin, Capt. Constantin “Buzz” Cantacuzino, a fighter ace and prince whose ancestry reaches back to Vlad the Impaler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A fake medical emergency, an audacious jailbreak and a 36-hour search operation that ended with 17 prisoners being recaptured.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

When she first arrived with a few hundred prisoners, she thought it would only be weeks before the Americans rescued them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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