ransom

Example Sentences

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Seeing the mission through is a better option than chasing the regime with offers of ransom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She said she believes two ransom notes demanding millions for Nancy’s return were legitimate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A nationwide search has unveiled clues, including DNA evidence and alleged ransom notes, but no suspect has been identified.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

From what you say, however, you were not only let down by the trustee of your mother’s estate, your attorney appears to have held you ransom to increasingly outrageous demands.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann