abductor

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Recent Examples of abductor However, the search took a dark turn when local police got another 911 call -- from Denise herself, bravely placed using her abductor’s cell phone. Mason Leath, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025 Ekholm wasn’t fully recovered from a torn abductor, either. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Madeleine Feraille-aka Ruth, Yossele’s abductor, a former French resistance fighter who converted to Judaism after WWII. Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025 Here's another exercise to intensely open up the hip through hip abductor motion and engage the glutes. Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025 In the short distance from Gaza to southern Israel, they were transformed in little time from conquered to conqueror, victim to perpetrator, detainee to abductor. Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 She and the baby's father, her husband Jake Haro, were both interviewed by local TV station KTLA just hours later, and begged for the abductor to return their son. Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 Lateral Lunges Lateral lunges effectively target both adductor and abductor muscles, improving leg strength and stability. Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abductor
kidnapper
Noun
  • After the woman brought Borges to the kitchen, the mother grabbed a knife and confronted the female kidnapper.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Although all signs point to the woman's lecherous boss as her kidnapper, Morgan is convinced the Game Maker is ultimately behind the crime.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025

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