hostage
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Wordle even helped to end a 17-hour hostage ordeal and became the most Googled word of 2022.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Brendan O'Hara, vice chair of the all-parliamentary group for arbitrary detention and hostage affairs, previously told the BBC the Foremans were "innocent victims of a geopolitical power struggle".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Coyle, from Colorado, was arrested in January 2025, according to the Foley Foundation, which advocates for the release of Americans taken hostage or arbitrarily detained abroad.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Last week, Lindsay Foreman’s son Joe was in Washington, lobbying the State Department’s office for hostage affairs to spotlight his mom’s case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Fleur Delacour, though she demonstrated excellent use of the Bubble-Head Charm, was attacked by grindylows as she approached her goal, and failed to retrieve her hostage.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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