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Recent Examples of abductee
Fear Not, slated for 2027, will tell the story of prolific serial killer Stephen Morin and Margy Palm (Hathaway), a Texas woman who was his last abductee.
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Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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
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.
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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.
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Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
After nearly eight years, the kidnapper brought home another young abductee named Timmy White.
—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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
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Using unique identifiers attached to each arrestee, The Post excluded a number of apparent duplicate arrests from its analysis.
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
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Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
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Also, from the 19th century to the 20th century, the island served as a holding area for convicts being sent from mainland France to overseas penal colonies—a sobering thread in the sunny island’s past.
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Former death row prisoner Richard Glossip, left, speaks to media after exiting a detention facility after being granted bond while awaiting retrial, May 14, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue them under a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
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“Abductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abductee. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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