hostage

Her husband's mother was a spokesperson for the group that took dozens of Americans captive during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Maybe I associate too much with loving, devoted parents and not enough with intellectuals who think parents are holding their kids hostage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Their last two presidents, Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson, had left office under the clouds of the Iran hostage crisis, in the case of the former, and Vietnam with the latter.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

It seems like every industry is being held hostage by artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

I knew Tyson and Grover would never try anything as long as Annabeth was a hostage.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

After 56 days, the remaining 44 hostages were released.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Friday, the two hostages were released, and at 2:30 a.m. the Hendricksons exited the trailer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

Such films have been funded in part by Sacramento’s business hostages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

When nine-and-ninety hostages had shuffled by them to pass beneath the Wall, Tormund Giantsbane produced the last one.

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other hand, John Donvan conceded that there is a limit to living in the past—to hostaging yourself, for instance, to outdated agreements and other generations’ crimes.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

Q. Have you expressed that view of hostaging to President Bush?

From Time Magazine Archive

In their minds, hostaging means trading -- and trading means talking.

From Time Magazine Archive