captive
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You’re captive at the festival and you can’t bring food in with you.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The U.S. citizen had been living in Afghanistan since the early 2000s and was taken captive last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
It wasn’t long before Hill realized she had a captive audience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand said in a statement that the tigers' deaths exposed the "extreme vulnerability of captive wildlife facilities to infectious disease".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
The truth didn’t set them free; it kept them captive in poverty.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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