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
In an interview, Det Supt Ian Fletcher, from Gloucestershire Police, said Wixon had managed to keep K captive so long because she was "very, very manipulative" towards her own family.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
José María Zuloaga gathers a motley outfit of army irregulars—it includes released Native American prisoners and a sharpshooting nun—to pursue the captive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
For decades, great cities benefited from a relatively captive tax base.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
This is his theory: the owl we held as a temporary captive memorized our floor plan so it could find its way back through a window and consume her soul.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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