abduction
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NBC is also airing a special “Dateline” episode on the abduction on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Guthrie’s interview comes nearly two months since Nancy’s Guthrie’s abduction.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The most straightforward, and successful, parts recount the 1836 abduction of a Mexican rancher’s wife named Camila by an Apache band led by the larger-than-life chieftain Mangas Coloradas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
The CQC reports also said there were "continued breaches in relation to baby and infant abduction" policies, with staff unaware of when a test for a possible abduction incident had taken place.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Eighteenth-century English and French scientists rejected the ample testimony as to the reality of meteorites, as we reject stories of alien abduction.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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