captive
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He's despatched messengers on horseback to free Harold who has been taken captive in France.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In contrast to Cricket, who skates along with no end plan, Olympia is a committed careerist, an artist who insists on a captive audience to justify her work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In a coordinated captive breeding program, conservationists trapped wild cats and bred them under carefully controlled conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
"Our data provide important information of which pathogens native snakes may likely have but also which they are likely naïve to. This can inform actions needed to prevent pathogen spillover from captive snakes," Mishin concluded.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
At the base of the captive balloon, Manager Morgan ordered his men to grab mooring ropes and hang on tight.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Investigators showed former captives Naumenko’s photo, which they recognized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Because the country had far less captives, they paid Karamanli $60,000, worth roughly $1.7 million today, but the yearly duties did stop, so there’s that.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
In all, millions of African captives were shipped to the West Indies and Brazil, many times the number taken to British North America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Twenty living hostages and the remains of 24 deceased captives have been released, with four bodies remaining in Gaza.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
In September 1782, about a year after Isaac and the other Yorktown captives returned to Monticello, tragedy struck.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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