hijacked

Example Sentences

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But I am frustrated as a medical doctor that a complex issue like fertility—and the trumped-up threat of small penises and “population collapse”—was hijacked without scientific merit as the main argument against plastic.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

When the market’s directional trend is hijacked by forces that marginalize financial metrics like corporate earnings growth and profit margins, it’s more significant than merely investor sentiment souring.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The 26-year-old also said his mother had "hijacked" his first dance with Peltz, which had been "planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Released in 1979, a couple of years before Collins hijacked the charts with “In the Air Tonight,” it did moderately well.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

I finally got the color so perfect, the squint just right, that looking at his eyes in the picture gives me the same hijacked feeling the real ones did.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson