hostage
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Her husband's mother was a spokesperson for the group that took dozens of Americans captive during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It seems like every industry is being held hostage by artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
You never actually give the hostage taker his airplane, and Americans know that best of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dinner should not be held hostage by the farmers market.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
She had the gram and she was holding it hostage in her ridiculous little purse.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Nigerian army spokesman Lt-Col Aliyu Danja said it was unclear where the abductors were moving their hostages when troops intercepted them, adding that the army was now attempting to track the kidnappers.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The first phase saw the release of all remaining hostages taken during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Once he became Middle East envoy and was given responsibility for the hostages, he became one of the most famous people in Israel overnight,” an Israeli journalist who has covered him told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Friday, the two hostages were released, and at 2:30 a.m. the Hendricksons exited the trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Enthusiasm, in Sprat’s view, by making false claims of divine intervention in the world, simply offered hostages to unbelief.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
On the other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?
From Time Magazine Archive
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