prisoner

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Prisoner swaps -- and the exchange of remains of dead soldiers retrieved from the battlefield -- are one of the only areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Appeared in the March 5, 2026, print edition as 'Mellon’s Radical Prisoner Education'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

His touchstone for a fantastical creature that successfully achieved believability was the Hippogriff, a winged four-legged creature seen in 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

Inverlair Lodge and similar SOE properties are said to have inspired the plot to 1960s TV drama The Prisoner, which starred Patrick McGoohan.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Prisoner he is handcuffed to winks at camera.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers