hostage
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One especially noteworthy moment in the 23-minute segment came when Tapper asked if Miller had held his daughter’s blue bunny — which she needs to sleep — hostage.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
It seems like every industry is being held hostage by artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The special enforcement bureau, which handles high-risk tactical operations like barricaded suspects and hostage situations, has been at the center of several recent controversies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
She was released about six months later as part of a hostage swap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A ward in name, a hostage in truth.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
Burns helped burnish Gannon’s credentials, personally telling the prince that the operative was the American in the room as Israel negotiated with Hamas to release its hostages in the aftermath of the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
By early Sunday morning, after additional stops in Newfoundland—where a portion of the hostages were released—and Iceland, the plane landed in Paris.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Wards, we always called them, when Winterfell demanded boys of us, but they were hostages, and none the worse for it.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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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