hostage
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The alleged gunman and hostage were not found at the scene and no injuries were reported, Miller said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
You should not be held hostage to other people’s emotional drama or debts.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
The regime held Hormuz hostage during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
"Either its people unite around a sovereign state that monopolises weapons, upholds the law and protects citizens irrespective of their affiliation or position, or it remains hostage to the logic of militias," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
Shortly after this reopening came the 1983 incident in which Sergeant Wickersham and sixteen others were held hostage.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
By early Sunday morning, after additional stops in Newfoundland—where a portion of the hostages were released—and Iceland, the plane landed in Paris.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Ronald Reagan tried as well, and the Iran-Contra affair sprung from misguided hopes of getting the regime to free other U.S. hostages, and from there move past hostility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
He has urged the returned hostages to tell friends and family about their horrific experiences, he says, to discourage them from setting out on the same journey.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Crisis negotiators were able to negotiate the safe surrender of one of the hostages inside the building, Bakersfield Police Sgt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
“I will not say what he calls me. If you and I were the hostages, would he risk his skin for us?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
On the other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?
From Time Magazine Archive
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