hostage
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It seems like every industry is being held hostage by artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dinner should not be held hostage by the farmers market.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The FBI also sent its own crisis negotiators and even flew in an elite hostage rescue team from Quantico, Va.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Unfortunately, Medicare Advantage plans also benefit by holding doctors’ and hospitals’ money hostage for months, sometimes not paying at all, for care already provided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In 1613, Pocahontas was kidnapped by the settlers and held hostage.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
“Once he became Middle East envoy and was given responsibility for the hostages, he became one of the most famous people in Israel overnight,” an Israeli journalist who has covered him told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Burns helped burnish Gannon’s credentials, personally telling the prince that the operative was the American in the room as Israel negotiated with Hamas to release its hostages in the aftermath of the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Friday, the two hostages were released, and at 2:30 a.m. the Hendricksons exited the trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Bolivians cannot continue to be hostages of blockades that prevent working, studying, receiving medical attention, supplying themselves, and bringing sustenance to their homes," he said in a social media post on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
There was a bearded young Wickersham in a large photo after the incident was over, acting as spokesman for the just- released hostages.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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
Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?
From Time Magazine Archive
In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.
From Time Magazine Archive
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