hijacked
Example Sentences
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Nineteen Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four planes on that nearly cloudless day in 2001.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
BBC Sport reported this week that Palace had hijacked Aston Villa's move for the Ecuador centre-back and agreed an initial loan for Ordonez that included an option to buy at the end of the season.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She emerged from the reggaeton thunderstorm that hijacked the planet, but then guided it smoothly into a different aesthetic territory, far away from the movement’s misogynistic toxicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
At my college they hijacked a tuition dispute between students and the school administration for their own purposes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Who knows if it is true that soldiers really hijacked their lorry?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
