hostage

The special enforcement bureau, which handles high-risk tactical operations like barricaded suspects and hostage situations, has been at the center of several recent controversies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Dinner should not be held hostage by the farmers market.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Syrsky "has become hostage to the situation," analyst Anatolii Oktysiuk said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

She was released about six months later as part of a hostage swap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I’m pretty sure that Tater, Duke, and the other dogs are being held hostage at the Seaside Sandman Motel.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

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

Friday, the two hostages were released, and at 2:30 a.m. the Hendricksons exited the trailer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

By early Sunday morning, after additional stops in Newfoundland—where a portion of the hostages were released—and Iceland, the plane landed in Paris.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Bolivians cannot continue to be hostages of blockades that prevent working, studying, receiving medical attention, supplying themselves, and bringing sustenance to their homes," he said in a social media post on Saturday.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Amongst the stream of warriors were the fathers of many of Jon’s hostages.

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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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

Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?

From Time Magazine Archive

In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.

From Time Magazine Archive