captivity

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“Today, after more than a year of captivity in Afghanistan, Dennis Coyle is on his way home,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"It's like a second birthday. There are no words. You get goosebumps. It brings tears to your eyes," Yaroslav Rumyantsev, who was released after 39 months in Russian captivity, said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Five years later, all the remaining wild condors were captured and bred in captivity to try to stave off extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

In some situations, animals released after time in captivity face serious risks, and the wild can become what researchers describe as a "death trap."

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

It was as though Leper had learned it while in captivity, far from Devon or Vermont or any experience we had in common, as though it were in Japanese.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles