hostage

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I had forgotten the 444 days that the Iranians held Americans hostage.

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A shift to foreign investors to bridge the funding gap has left the plan hostage to perceptions of risk in the Gulf.

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Even more oil might have been able to head out via the Red Sea had another pipeline not fallen hostage to regional hostilities.

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Embassy in 1979 and holding of American hostages for more than a year.

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Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

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