hostage
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The idea is to avoid being held hostage by a major market correction or, worse, a recession by being forced to withdraw money during a down market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
This one is very real: a kind of Vision 2.0, rebuilt by the intelligence agency tasked with saving the New Jersey town Wanda took hostage to shore up her classic family sitcom simulation.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
It was an agreement to end the war, triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, when about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It helps you draw boundaries without being held hostage to accusations of selfishness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The biggest hostage was six-and-a-half feet tall but had a baby’s face; the smallest was a runty boy who claimed nine years but looked no more than six.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The group were members of Run for Their Lives in Colorado, which met weekly to support the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the 7 October attacks.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Embassy in Tehran and seized American hostages, 52 of whom it held for 444 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel released in return for the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
Harry sped toward the hostages, half expecting the merpeople to lower their spears and charge at him, but they did nothing.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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
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