captivity

Originating from Greece and other countries, most were dancing bears in captivity, or animals that lived in zoos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The site now states that his teams have “served” more than 45,000 women and children, “some of whom needed to be rescued from captivity and given a second chance at life.”

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

On Saturday, the state government announced that the Maj Gen Abubakar had died in captivity.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

He also notes that a few hundred red wolves still survive in captivity; conservationists are holding out hope that a place in the wild where they might flourish will one day be found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Atahuallpa was revered by the Incas as a sun-god and exercised absolute authority over his subjects, who obeyed even the orders he issued from captivity.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

What ensues is a dialogue wherein the djinn explains his various loves and captivities to Alithea, who listens enraptured with her wet hair wrapped in a towel.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

Organisation and government protection saved the Ohio Associators from such experiments of colonisation as had frequently led to Indian captivities and abandoned settlements in Tennessee and Kentucky.

From The United States of America, Part 1 by Sparks, Edwin Erle

I loved to read of Smith's travels, sufferings, captivities, escapes, not only in America but Europe.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Captivities of Judah and Israel, and three captivities of Judah.

From Studies in Old Testament History by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

They, however, were products of a later age, and had learned many things--good and bad--from surrounding nations or in their captivities, which Moses did not attempt to teach the simple souls that escaped from Egypt.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John