captivity
Example Sentences
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He was freed a year ago, after 498 days in captivity.
From BBC
Subsequent generations continued to resist captivity through sabotage and insurrection.
He also said efforts were under way to work with security agencies to rescue those still in captivity.
From BBC
Mr. Lotoro is in awe of these composers in adversity: “Those who produced music in captivity were laying down a testament. These musicians were repairing a broken world.”
Their captivity since July - during an earlier round of deadly clashes - has inflamed nationalist sentiment in Cambodia, their release being one of the main demands of the its government in the ceasefire talks with Thailand.
From BBC
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