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Recent Examples of captor
In some of the videos, Savannah Guthrie made direct appeals to her mother’s possible captor.
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Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Guthrie family quiet after pleading with possible captor The Guthrie family's public updates have become more sparse as the days have passed.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Fey and Carlock’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a black comedy about a woman recovering from years of abuse at the hands of a cult-leader captor, isn’t exactly topping my 2026 rewatch list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Horace Frank, a former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department who oversaw kidnapping investigations, said the family’s videos try to appeal to the captor’s humanity.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Guthrie family quiet after pleading with possible captor The Guthrie family's public updates have become more sparse as the days have passed.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Fey and Carlock’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a black comedy about a woman recovering from years of abuse at the hands of a cult-leader captor, isn’t exactly topping my 2026 rewatch list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Horace Frank, a former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department who oversaw kidnapping investigations, said the family’s videos try to appeal to the captor’s humanity.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captor
Noun
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His dad’s old cop buddy (Peter Outerbridge) just happens to be David’s prison warden.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
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The photo pushes David—who has maintained his innocence all along—to escape from prison with the help of Philip Mackenzie (Peter Outerbridge), the prison warden and a longtime friend of his father who believes him, and Mackenzie’s son Adam (Jonathan Tucker), a police sargeant.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The keeper could do nothing but flail and then turn and scream in frustration at his defense’s failings at the crucial moment.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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In early modernity, women were the keepers of this obsessive temporality of attention—of the current of time that flows beneath event, beneath change.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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The bill would require licensees to allow any local fire chief, fire marshal or fire prevention officer to inspect sites in their jurisdiction and require corrections if violations are found.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The Florida state fire marshal was requested to the scene to assist in the investigation to help determine the cause and origin of the explosion, and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Homicide Bureau will also be investigating.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The startling scale of detentions made Israel the third-worst jailer of journalists for 2025, behind only China and Myanmar, according to CPJ.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Barboza has worked for the sheriff's office since 2010, beginning her career at the department as a jailer, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records.—
Nicole Hensley,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Mar. 2026
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Day had been assigned as King's legal guardian after his grandmother had a stroke, and he was later placed with the Department of Human Services after Day gave him up.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Bewildered by the change, Emily scrambles to restore their bond, implausibly teaching herself piano in a bid to impress her guardian.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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In order to receive the tax advantages of a gold IRA, the IRS requires your precious metals to be held by a qualified custodian.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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The college currently consists of 11 officers of arms, who undertake the genealogical research and act as custodians of the records.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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Along with Plum’s foul trouble, starting point guard Erica Wheeler finished with five fouls.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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The 20 hours of financial and maintenance training are designed to make sure new homeowners can handle the long-term costs of ownership — property taxes, repairs, insurance — that often catch first-time buyers off guard.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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