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

Subaihi is among a 50-plus STC delegation that has been incommunicado since arriving in Riyadh in the early hours of Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

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 mother of another Filton demonstrator was arrested under the act and held incommunicado for five days.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2025

The twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt