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Recent Examples of captor
Less than a week had passed since the corpses of six Israeli hostages, shot by their Hamas captors, were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Peppered with leading questions about communist associations as screams echo in the halls outside the interrogation room, a distraught Eunice offers nothing to her captors.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
During those months, thousands more Palestinians were killed, and at least six hostages were executed by their captors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Some were accidentally killed by Israeli forces, others by their Hamas captors as troops closed in.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Peppered with leading questions about communist associations as screams echo in the halls outside the interrogation room, a distraught Eunice offers nothing to her captors.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
During those months, thousands more Palestinians were killed, and at least six hostages were executed by their captors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Some were accidentally killed by Israeli forces, others by their Hamas captors as troops closed in.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captor
Noun
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The county coroner, jailer and treasurer were Black, as was the register of deeds.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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The county medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, and two other jailers — Rafael Moreno and Joel Garcia — have been indicted on murder charges.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Where you were accused of trying to kill the warden, at Lucasville?—
Bob Guccione Jr.,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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But, to his surprise, the warden escorted him directly to the command center, just outside the row.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.—
Dave Birkett,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.—
Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Nov. 2022
Noun
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The cause of the fire is under investigation by Howard County’s fire marshal.—
Shaela Foster,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
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Once the fire was out, the fire marshal collected their insurance information and the couple were left standing there, holding their dog.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The proposed guardian must submit a Title 14 guardianship application to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The students are children who have been sent away by their parents or guardians to study at Quranic boarding schools in what’s known as the almajiri system.—
Ogar Monday,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His subsequent television credits include the role of custodian and ex-sumo wrestler Yoshi Nakamura in the Disney series Kickin’ It.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Jo was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hector and loved being an organist, pianist and custodian.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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