hostage
Example Sentences
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Nicky Perfect spent over 30 years as a Metropolitan Police officer, including 10 years as an international hostage and crisis negotiator, in the elite New Scotland Yard Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Unit.
From BBC
The first significant phase of his peace plan had brought about a desperately needed ceasefire in Gaza and the urgent release of Israeli hostages.
From BBC
In the chaos, hostages were freed by Jordanian troops or released by the Palestinians.
A day later, police supported by the army stormed all three prisons, freeing all the hostages and restoring control.
From Barron's
France has described Kohler and Paris as "state hostages" taken by Tehran in a bid to extract concessions.
From Barron's
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