abduction

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The FBI, National Security Council, state department, Delta Force and the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service were in contact about her abduction, sources familiar told CBS.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Savannah Guthrie will appear Thursday on NBC’s “Today” for the first time since the Feb. 1 abduction of her mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead of helping “Today” viewers begin their day, the longtime morning news anchor paid an off-camera visit to her NBC family amid her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction in Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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

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