hostage

The idea is to avoid being held hostage by a major market correction or, worse, a recession by being forced to withdraw money during a down market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

This one is very real: a kind of Vision 2.0, rebuilt by the intelligence agency tasked with saving the New Jersey town Wanda took hostage to shore up her classic family sitcom simulation.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

It helps you draw boundaries without being held hostage to accusations of selfishness.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“There’s a hurricane blowing outside that motel where Tater and Duke are being held hostage, too,” Fred reminded him.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Embassy in Tehran and seized American hostages, 52 of whom it held for 444 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Eisenkot has said he would launch an independent inquiry into the attack, which left around 1,200 people dead and another roughly 250 as hostages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Four bodies handed over to special forces on a mission to Haiti to recover Salvadoran hostages are "not our men", El Salvador's president has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Relatives of hostages formerly held by Hamas have also been caught in the crosshairs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Two of Dany’s favorite hostages served the food and kept the cups filled—a doe-eyed little girl called Qezza and a skinny boy named Grazhar.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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