captivity
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A new study suggests that saltwater crocodiles born or raised in captivity may not try to return to their breeding centers once they are released into the wild.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Blondie’s two cubs, believed to be 2 to 3 months old, will spend the rest of their childhood in captivity in the hopes that they can one day be released back into the wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A rare eastern imperial eagle has been rescued from animal traffickers and released back into the wild in Serbia after months in captivity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many who survived the Oryoku Maru would later say their ordeal on board the ship—one of more than 100 Japanese prisoner transports that would become known as “hellships”—was the worst of their captivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When the rain pours down especially, we have long hours of captivity, in which my sisters determinedly grow bored.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
What ensues is a dialogue wherein the djinn explains his various loves and captivities to Alithea, who listens enraptured with her wet hair wrapped in a towel.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
Language fails to describe them on their return from the most cruel of captivities.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
The early annals of the West are full of the sad stories of such captivities, and of the women who took part in these terrible scenes.
From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler
The tale of his wanderings, his captivities, his hairbreadth escapes, and deeds of individual prowess would fill a book.
From The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Theodore Roosevelt
I loved to read of Smith's travels, sufferings, captivities, escapes, not only in America but Europe.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Charlotte's Web
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