disappearance
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Family members, who have called for a more thorough investigation into Casias’ disappearance and death, reiterated after the autopsy that they do not believe she would have killed herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“The disappearance of the regent honeyeater’s song is a cultural issue, too,” Mr. Hoffman writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
At the time of Abadigga's disappearance, PCT's directors included Maj Gen Herbert Mashego, the then commanding officer of 5 Special Forces Regiment.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
For years, Morup's family back in Ladakh have struggled to come to terms with his disappearance.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Still, I recognized her from the onslaught of media exposure her smiling face had received since her disappearance.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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Activists put the number of disappearances much higher, at around 7,000 – but there is no reliable source of data and no way to verify either side's claims.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Her organisation, the BYC, campaigns against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, which has been the site of a decades-long struggle for more autonomy.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has focused on distinguishing between disappearances committed by organized crime and those forced by state agents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
One was former Amnesty International and UN researcher Madeleine Penman, who investigated disappearances in Tamaulipas between 2015 and 2019.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
What was more, further disappearances had been reported in the Daily Prophet, including several relatives of students at Hogwarts.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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