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hijack

[hahy-jak] / ˈhaɪˌdʒæk /


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Another major blow came when the club let the potential signing of Eze drag on so long that Arsenal seized the opportunity to hijack his move from Crystal Palace.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

But between Sackett and EPA’s careful new wording, it won’t prove as easy to hijack as in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

By layering these techniques, the researchers built the clearest picture yet of how TFE3 oncofusions hijack RNA to build cancer's growth hubs.

From Science Daily Oct. 22, 2025

He scoffed at the idea extremists might hijack any of the demonstrations.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2025

The police searched the truck and wondered why anyone would hijack a truck containing, not pork and beans, but cases of buttons.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Cyber-security firm Norton has dubbed the scams "reservation hijacks" because criminals have contacted Booking.com customers pretending to be hotels in order to trick victims into sending them money based on bogus reservation problems.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

As with social media, it appears we have created in AI a compelling technology that hijacks instincts that are essential to our survival.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

As I talk, my anxiety hijacks my thoughts, and I immediately regret opening my mouth.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2024

The virus infects certain immune cells and hijacks their genetic program in order to multiply and replicate its own genetic material.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

They subvert their hosts' cellular programming to make copies of themselves, just as a computer virus hijacks an infected computer and causes it to send out more copies of the virus.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James

In late 2023 and early 2024, the Houthis hijacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea and launched attacks on dozens of other vessels, leading container-shipping companies to halt their Red Sea routes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

“I am angry and disappointed to see that the Monday and Thursday games have been hijacked to cable services for what I see as greed.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Newly appointed "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton said Pelley "hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt."

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

“Beetee and I have been following the same rule book President Snow used when he hijacked Peeta. ”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The race to automate an ever wider range of workplace tasks is creating an army of inside would-be hackers, with cybercriminals hijacking companies’ internal artificial-intelligence agents to steal sensitive business data.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

Some global sea traffic was diverted from the Red Sea route following the November 2023 hijacking by Houthi rebels of a British-owned vehicle carrier, the Galaxy Leader, near Yemen.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

Google says it is expanding its policies to crack down on websites which trap users with "back button hijacking".

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

I could never guess whether Suzanne knew unconsciously that something strange was happening in the cells of her body, that a silent hijacking was already under way.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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