prisoner of war

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The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty and declared that he is a "prisoner of war."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

They ended with no breakthrough - although the first prisoner of war exchanges in months took place shortly after.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

In August, word reached back home that Igor Dolgopolov, 31 years old, had been made a prisoner of war after being deployed to Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The man is said to have served at a prisoner of war camp in Hemer, western Germany, which held at least 100,000 inmates, mostly from the Soviet Union.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Trout certainly looked like a prisoner of war.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut