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Recent Examples of abductee
After nearly eight years, the kidnapper brought home another young abductee named Timmy White.
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
More than 11 years on, at least 91 abductees are still missing or have unknown fates.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Koizumi returned to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Il a second time in 2004, during which the family members of several abductees were also allowed to return to Japan.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Alon Ohel, a twenty-four-year-old pianist who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, was kept in a tunnel beneath Gaza, along with three other abductees.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
More than 11 years on, at least 91 abductees are still missing or have unknown fates.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Koizumi returned to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Il a second time in 2004, during which the family members of several abductees were also allowed to return to Japan.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Alon Ohel, a twenty-four-year-old pianist who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, was kept in a tunnel beneath Gaza, along with three other abductees.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abductee
Noun
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Using unique identifiers attached to each arrestee, The Post excluded a number of apparent duplicate arrests from its analysis.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Barbara Ronchi stars as the titular convict, 10 years into a prison sentence after having been convicted of murdering her sister without any apparent motive.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Before that, jury recommendations had to be unanimous, a requirement that allowed a single dissenting juror to spare the life of a convict and condemn him to life in prison.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Toward that effort, prisoner leadership sought to implement a push-button technology to avoid needing IDOC workers to pull the triggers.—
Kevin Fixler
April 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ten prisoners housed in the Orleans Justice Center made their escape last spring, maneuvering out of a small hole in a wall and making their way out into the night.—
Devon Sayers,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Abductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abductee. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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