Examples of abductee in a Sentence
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Some of the innocent abductees included party-goers from the festival.
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Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
Saturday's cold open brought back McKinnon's Miss Rafferty -- an alien abductee who goes through a rougher experience than her counterparts.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 22 May 2022
Her comic chops with characters like alien abductee Colleen Rafferty frequently drove castmates and guest hosts to lose it live on air.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2022
Within days, the charred remains of a new abductee, Arab teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir, were found in the Jerusalem Forest, enraging the Palestinian community.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Soon after, in 2006, she was chosen to represent former abductees at a series of peace talks between the LRA and the Ugandan government.
—John Okot, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2020
Five abductees were then allowed to return to Japan.
—Alastair Gale, WSJ, 14 June 2018
Over four months, two of the kidnapping ring’s leaders—Ebenezer Johnson and his wife, Sally—marched Scomp and six other abductees hundreds of miles to the Deep South.
—Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2019
Some of the abductees were tortured and dumped by the wayside, while others were never seen again.
—Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
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Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
Saturday's cold open brought back McKinnon's Miss Rafferty -- an alien abductee who goes through a rougher experience than her counterparts.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 22 May 2022
Her comic chops with characters like alien abductee Colleen Rafferty frequently drove castmates and guest hosts to lose it live on air.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2022
Within days, the charred remains of a new abductee, Arab teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir, were found in the Jerusalem Forest, enraging the Palestinian community.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Soon after, in 2006, she was chosen to represent former abductees at a series of peace talks between the LRA and the Ugandan government.
—John Okot, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2020
Five abductees were then allowed to return to Japan.
—Alastair Gale, WSJ, 14 June 2018
Over four months, two of the kidnapping ring’s leaders—Ebenezer Johnson and his wife, Sally—marched Scomp and six other abductees hundreds of miles to the Deep South.
—Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2019
Some of the abductees were tortured and dumped by the wayside, while others were never seen again.
—Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
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First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
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