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The owner of the popular candy shop Madeleine's in Boston's South End said her staff is shaken after a man robbed them at knifepoint.—CBS News, 1 May 2026 Investigators subsequently learned she had been kidnapped at knifepoint and taken from her bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 By the time Noemi Guzman held a toddler at knifepoint in front of a Nebraska Walmart, the 31-year-old woman had struggled with mental illness for several years of her life.—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026 Husien then reportedly committed robberies at an unspecified minimart and at a San Jose liquor store on McKee Road, the latter allegedly at knifepoint.—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knifepoint