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Like before, our captors sleep in the space next to ours.—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 Under an imperial decree, her captors become unlikely allies, guiding Jewish refugees through ambushes, shifting alliances and treacherous waters, while Sara confronts leadership, loyalty and love at a high cost.—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 Churchill’s life, however, was spared, because his captors mistakenly assumed he was related to Winston Churchill.—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 Set entirely in a high-rise penthouse, PH-1 follows promising politician Payton Burnham (Kassen), who is held hostage by an anonymous captor and forced to watch as his life is systematically dismantled in real-time by both social and traditional media.—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for captor
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