hostage
Example Sentences
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The economic upheaval, and his response to the Iranian hostage crisis, were the biggest factors in his 1980 loss to Ronald Reagan.
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I had forgotten the 444 days that the Iranians held Americans hostage.
A shift to foreign investors to bridge the funding gap has left the plan hostage to perceptions of risk in the Gulf.
Even more oil might have been able to head out via the Red Sea had another pipeline not fallen hostage to regional hostilities.
Embassy in 1979 and holding of American hostages for more than a year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
