hostage
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Or that the domestic-romantic subplot dropped into the middle of hostage negotiations doesn’t make for an inelegant construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It helps you draw boundaries without being held hostage to accusations of selfishness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The postboxes for each household bear stickers put there after the attacks three years ago: red indicates those killed, and black those taken hostage.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
What to know: The fourth movie in the “Meet the Parents” canon pits Ben Stiller’s Gaylord Focker against his son’s girlfriend, a no-nonsense former FBI hostage negotiator played by Ariana Grande.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I knew Tyson and Grover would never try anything as long as Annabeth was a hostage.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
This anniversary of the attacks is the first with no hostages remaining in Gaza.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The last live hostages were freed a year ago as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal in which Hamas stopped firing into Israel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Once he became Middle East envoy and was given responsibility for the hostages, he became one of the most famous people in Israel overnight,” an Israeli journalist who has covered him told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Burns helped burnish Gannon’s credentials, personally telling the prince that the operative was the American in the room as Israel negotiated with Hamas to release its hostages in the aftermath of the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Their sellswords will want the gold, though. What are the hostages to them? If the Yunkishmen refuse, it will drive a blade between them and their hirelings.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
On the other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?
From Time Magazine Archive
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