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Kate McKinnon’s man-spreading, smoking character starts out with an, ahem, trashier version of alien abduction than the beautiful, cosmic experience of her fellow abductees, and her description of the incident only gets more deranged.—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2016 The two Confederate abductees were Sumner’s old enemies: former senators James Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana.—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 Four of the hostages handed over last week were also deceased, with what Hamas said was a mix-up in the identity of one abductee at one point threatening to derail the ceasefire.—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025 Ultimately, Sofia and the rest of the abductees are saved, and Duerson is arrested.—EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abductee
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