hostage
Example Sentences
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For instance, President Jimmy Carter sanctioned Iran when it seized U.S. hostages in the 1970s.
From Barron's
Hamas also released 20 living hostages and returned the bodies of 27 others.
Paluku meanwhile had a darker expression, recalling his sister who remains a hostage.
From Barron's
“Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.”
The first phase of the cease-fire saw the return of all remaining living Israeli hostages and all but one hostage body.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
