incommunicado

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Ray is incommunicado for a while after their first “date,” but finally he asks Colin to come over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Subaihi is among a 50-plus STC delegation that has been incommunicado since arriving in Riyadh in the early hours of Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

"The cardinals are completely incommunicado," said Ines San Martin of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the US.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Since 1963, she has remained incommunicado, and according to sources, even her family is unaware of her whereabouts.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti