hostage
Example Sentences
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From hostages to nuclear weapons and proxy wars, Iran has vexed American presidents for some 75 years, compelling some of Washington’s riskiest international campaigns.
“In truth, this is guilt by blood, this is hostage taking, this is transnational repression,” Ms. Kwok wrote on social media Thursday.
Is that right, or could that prove a hostage to fortune?
From BBC
I admire his sense of commitment, but he should not be held hostage by his success.
From MarketWatch
No one should be held hostage to other people’s decisions or half-truths.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
