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"I thought they were going to kidnap us. I ran to a taco stand to take cover with the people there," Medina told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

At the same time, bald eagles were rumored to sometimes kidnap human babies and fly away with them in their talons.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

Wright's legal team had argued that there was insufficient evidence of an attempted kidnap, but a judge ruled against them.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Beijing would seek to extradite or kidnap him if he were deported to a third country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

When a Frenchman kidnaps a woman from the rival town, his mother and her fellow villagers react with outrage and indignation, less at the abduction itself than at his apparent interest in a German woman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Ramayana depicts the victory of Hindu god Ram over the demon king Ravana after the latter kidnaps his wife, Sita.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

“This case shows that the Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to track down anyone who kidnaps a U.S. citizen abroad,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022

“Anyone, including federal law enforcement, who unlawfully assaults and kidnaps people will face criminal charges from my office,” said the district attorney, Larry Krasner.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020

Sarah and Jack and the clover elves are just about to celebrate their victory over the troll army when an ogre kidnaps Jack and sweeps him off to the hobgoblin king’s castle.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the remains as that of Sharon Lee Gallegos, who was reported kidnaped on July 21, 1960, thanks to advanced DNA technology.

From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022

The multi-state search for her and the five-year search for who reportedly kidnaped her diverted resources from other cases, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson said.

From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022

The series, edited by Charles Buxton Jr., pointed out that in 1984 the FBI received reports on only 67 children kidnaped by strangers.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the kidnaped wife in Ruthless People, she has fun hitting the abrasive high notes, being splenetic and spiteful one moment, shedding warm tears of self-pity the next.

From Time Magazine Archive

An English gentleman, sir, kidnaped by the Spaniards and carried to Mexico, where I have undergone torments at the hands of the Inquisitors.

From In the Days of Drake by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

The actor directs and stars in a film about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is seemingly kidnapped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He has described himself as a "prisoner of war" and said the US military kidnapped him.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The “Today” show co-host during Tuesday’s broadcast shared a desperate message to those who kidnapped 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Tuscon home in February.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

"There is fear because many residents have run away and are yet to return," says the traditional ruler of the area, Oba Tajudeen Abioye, whose niece was among the kidnapped children.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Jessa had planned to take Melo home herself, but Mel threatened to call the cops and say she’d been kidnapped if Jessa didn’t drop her at her car.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

Pankey’s attorney, Anthony Viorst, countered that prosecutors’ circumstantial evidence, Pankey’s overbearing personality and his obsession with “true crime” mysteries is not enough to convict him of kidnaping and murder.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

The Foleys also said some responsibility lies with American members of the media who failed to continue reporting on Foley's kidnaping, letting it fall out of the news cycle.

From US News ● Feb. 26, 2015

On Main Street, for instance, stands the 1828 Greek-revival Hunterdon County courthouse, famous as the site of the sensational 1935 trial of Bruno Hauptmann, who was convicted of kidnaping and killing aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby.

From Time Magazine Archive

We condemn any kind of kidnaping or hijacking, or any threat to innocent lives.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had never been quite sure about Major de Coverley, either, who, when he was not away renting apartments or kidnaping foreign laborers, had nothing more pressing to do than pitch horseshoes.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

George Brant’s libretto has a torn-from-the-headlines immediacy: It was inspired by a 2022 kidnapping of Ukrainian children from a summer camp in Crimea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Inspired by a notorious real-life kidnapping and adapted from the scripted Amazon Music/Wondery audio drama of 2022, “Hostage” once again stars Jon Hamm as Indianapolis media celebrity Fred Heckman—stolid, solid, proper, church-going.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The State Department has the nation of Haiti under a “Level 4 – Do not travel” advisory, due to the relatively high risk of “crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and limited health care.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Scott had already finished shooting his thriller about the 1973 kidnapping of teenaged J. Paul Getty III when sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Kevin Spacey, whom he’d cast as oil billionaire J. Paul Getty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It had already survived four hundred years and a kidnapping when World War I arrived.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day