hostage
Example Sentences
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He called for it be urgently passed, attacking the banks for holding the legislation “hostage,” in a Truth Social External link post late Tuesday.
From Barron's
What he gets back is “quality of life and not being a hostage to my job,” Jaundoo said.
From MarketWatch
"Butcher's Stain" tells the story of an Arab-Israeli working in a Tel Aviv supermarket who is accused of tearing down hostage posters after the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.
From Barron's
Her worries were heightened when a group of hostages—which included no Jews or Israelis—was freed in return for a pullback of Jordanian forces.
From hostages to nuclear weapons and proxy wars, Iran has vexed American presidents for some 75 years, compelling some of Washington’s riskiest international campaigns.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
