incommunicado
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He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The two reporters were held for hours incommunicado before being released back into Colombia, the statement said.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Several rghts groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defence of detainees.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
The twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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