kidnapping
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, though, the birds recruit new helpers by kidnapping other groups’ young.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson was released by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah a week after her kidnapping in Baghdad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Barring another appeal, Rivas will be sent back to her home country to stand trial on charges of aggravated kidnapping.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
It added that the state department had confirmed it "is aware of Kittleson's kidnapping and working with the Iraqi government to secure her release".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Poor Spangler had nothing to do with the assassination or the earlier kidnapping plot.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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