abduction
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A startlingly of-the-moment work about Russia’s abduction of children during the war in Ukraine, co-commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, had its premiere in Warsaw last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Authorities have not linked the current abduction to any group.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
She joined the San Joaquin County district attorney’s office in 2007, eventually working in the domestic violence and child abduction units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A member of the group which detained Tice has also claimed the abduction was sanctioned by Syria's leader at the time, President Bashar al-Assad.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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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