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"I thought they were going to kidnap us. I ran to a taco stand to take cover with the people there," Medina told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

At the same time, bald eagles were rumored to sometimes kidnap human babies and fly away with them in their talons.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

Wright's legal team had argued that there was insufficient evidence of an attempted kidnap, but a judge ruled against them.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

When Bin Salman first came to prominence as Saudi defense minister in 2015, he espoused a pugilistic foreign policy that saw him launch the unsuccessful offensive on the Houthis and kidnap Lebanon’s prime minister.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

When a Frenchman kidnaps a woman from the rival town, his mother and her fellow villagers react with outrage and indignation, less at the abduction itself than at his apparent interest in a German woman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Ramayana depicts the victory of Hindu god Ram over the demon king Ravana after the latter kidnaps his wife, Sita.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

“This case shows that the Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to track down anyone who kidnaps a U.S. citizen abroad,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022

Bernini leaves Pluto dazed, off-balance, faltering, reminding us that Cupid’s arrow kidnaps his agency, too.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

Sarah and Jack and the clover elves are just about to celebrate their victory over the troll army when an ogre kidnaps Jack and sweeps him off to the hobgoblin king’s castle.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the remains as that of Sharon Lee Gallegos, who was reported kidnaped on July 21, 1960, thanks to advanced DNA technology.

From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022

The multi-state search for her and the five-year search for who reportedly kidnaped her diverted resources from other cases, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson said.

From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022

In Baltimore last week, the twosome said that they had been kidnaped by Kim Jong Il, 45, the son of North Korea's strongman Kim Il Sung, 74.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Duarte struck a deal with the rebels for the release of his kidnaped daughter in October 1985, his relations with some top officers suffered.

From Time Magazine Archive

This lettered rogue took pity on the kidnaped child, and gave him lessons on nights and Sunday, because he was well born and not willing to sink to the condition of the servants about him.

From Duffels by Edward Eggleston

The “Today” show co-host during Tuesday’s broadcast shared a desperate message to those who kidnapped 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Tuscon home in February.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Plummer’s Getty is imperious and withholding, refusing to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson and seemingly puzzled that anyone would expect him to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Nigeria's security forces have recorded a recent success in rescuing kidnapped victims.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Farmer Yahuza Isa, who was kidnapped in Zamfara state, expressed the frustration shared by many victims.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Ms. Rosario was working, which was almost all the time, Mosley stopped by to make sure Michael hadn’t been kidnapped by psychopaths or brainwashed by daytime television.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Pankey’s attorney, Anthony Viorst, countered that prosecutors’ circumstantial evidence, Pankey’s overbearing personality and his obsession with “true crime” mysteries is not enough to convict him of kidnaping and murder.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

The Foleys also said some responsibility lies with American members of the media who failed to continue reporting on Foley's kidnaping, letting it fall out of the news cycle.

From US News ● Feb. 26, 2015

We condemn any kind of kidnaping or hijacking, or any threat to innocent lives.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stumbled last year with Patriot Games, a frippery in which his customary hero, the supercool CIA man Jack Ryan, saved a British royal child from kidnaping.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had never been quite sure about Major de Coverley, either, who, when he was not away renting apartments or kidnaping foreign laborers, had nothing more pressing to do than pitch horseshoes.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Ryan and Myers said they were fascinated with how the American news media covered the kidnapping in instantaneous fashion and in an era long before the internet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Not long after, after townsfolk thwarted an attempted kidnapping of a local grower, hundreds of people gathered in the sun-bleached central plaza and drafted a communique.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Within days of Rideout's kidnapping, the US warned its citizens against travelling to Niger due to an "increased risk of terrorism, crime and civil unrest".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, the Guthrie kidnapping took center stage, revealing missteps to a broad audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

“Do you think the Evening Star people are involved in kidnapping Grandpa?”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull