abduction
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Savannah spent the last show before her mother’s abduction promoting the Winter Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
It said they identified those behind the abduction and dismantled their support network, including informants and hideouts in the Old Oyo National Park forest.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Mr. Morgan, whose inspiration seems clear enough—Robert De Niro’s Johnny Boy—is terrific as the half-crazy, wildly impulsive Mickey, whose abduction by the Italians occupies much of the early going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The BBC has contacted the FBI, which has with Pima County spent months investigating the elder Guthrie's mysterious abduction from her home near Tucson, Arizona.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
We didn’t know when the abduction would take place, but one thing we felt convinced about was that the woods would come into it.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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