prisoner

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Prisoner swaps -- and the exchange of remains of dead soldiers retrieved from the battlefield -- are one of the only areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Appeared in the March 5, 2026, print edition as 'Mellon’s Radical Prisoner Education'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

I'm playing Stan Shunpike, the conductor of the Knight Bus, in the new audiobook of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which comes out in January.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

His touchstone for a fantastical creature that successfully achieved believability was the Hippogriff, a winged four-legged creature seen in 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

Prisoner 66730 was instructed to report for an optical fitting at 6:30 the following morning.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom