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kidnapped

[kid-napt] / ˈkɪd næpt /


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Amanda is one of more than a dozen Jewish people from a range of UK communities who have spoken to Panorama - including an NHS midwife, a student and a musician who was kidnapped.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Others—including York, Clark’s enslaved manservant, and Sacagawea, a kidnapped Shoshone teenager pregnant with the child of the expedition’s interpreter, Charbonneau—did not have a say in the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Iraq's powerful Kataeb Hezbollah armed group announced that it would release US journalist Shelly Kittleson, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her home on Feb. 1, thrusting Savannah Guthrie and her family into the national spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

I find that Msaidizi and save Dad, he’ll have no choice but to look me in the eye and tell me exactly why he kidnapped me and lied to me.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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