hostage
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Her husband's mother was a spokesperson for the group that took dozens of Americans captive during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Maybe I associate too much with loving, devoted parents and not enough with intellectuals who think parents are holding their kids hostage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It seems like every industry is being held hostage by artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the first, taken July 12, McConnell holds the day’s newspaper, a tradition familiar more commonly seen in hostage photos.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
“My lawyer disagrees. If the money is in your name, it can’t be held hostage by a financial institution or anyone else, including Laura Friendly. We’re going to the bank now.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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
Ronald Reagan tried as well, and the Iran-Contra affair sprung from misguided hopes of getting the regime to free other U.S. hostages, and from there move past hostility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
His son was among 110 hostages flown home in January, on a plane organised by the Iraqi government.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
I didn’t feel like we were hostages or anything.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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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