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This sequel to a 2022 indie darling casts you as a Sleeper, a robot worker fleeing their gang-boss captor.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Much of the film’s drama then ensues inside Teddy and Don’s basement like a pseudo chamber piece as captor and captive face off in a battle of wits, logic and strange faith that blurs the lines between divisive politics, conspiracy and cosmic truth.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Dramatic body cam video shows a terrified boy was being held by the throat when his knife-wielding captor was killed by a deputy, the Florida investigators say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 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
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Much of the film’s drama then ensues inside Teddy and Don’s basement like a pseudo chamber piece as captor and captive face off in a battle of wits, logic and strange faith that blurs the lines between divisive politics, conspiracy and cosmic truth.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Dramatic body cam video shows a terrified boy was being held by the throat when his knife-wielding captor was killed by a deputy, the Florida investigators say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captor
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According to wardens, a team of trackers spotted the twins on Saturday, with monitoring and protection measures in force to increase their chances of survival.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The firing squad would be made up of five Department of Correction officers selected by the warden.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Photos, Videos, Journals, and Scrapbooks While old photos, journals, handwritten notes, and other personal archives may not mean much to you at the time, check with family members to see if anyone wants to be the keeper of memories.—
Ashley Poskin,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Marquette kid Kolek — more and more of a keeper, a wonderful old expression used by an old Marquette coach named Al McGuire — had five assists in 14 minutes.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In California, the state fire marshal requires annual inspections of all multi-family residential apartments consisting of three or more units by your local fire authority.—
Rachel Kim,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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They are also marked with the fire marshal’s seal.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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Reyna told her lawyers that she was abused by her jailers before she was deported.—
Marcos Breton,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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The jailer was said to have found blood on Bethea’s underwear when he was asked to disrobe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a news release shared by the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control, officials said that they were called to assist the California Highway Patrol with the ducks after they were found inside a box truck whose owner or guardian had died.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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In comics canon, the guardian of Wakanda has beef with both Namor and Doctor Victor von Doom, while Namor is more friendly with the Latverian adversary.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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To solve this, the team created its own proprietary technology, the Trusted Computing Mechanism (TCM), which securely protects private keys without depending on conventional custodians.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is not the primary custodian of police or court records and is often asked to assist only after survivors and attorneys have exhausted other avenues.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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Sports Equipment While the dishwasher isn't ideal for cleaning baseball caps, uniforms, or equipment heavily-coated with mud, a trip through a dishwasher cycle is ideal to remove bacteria and odors from mouth guards and hard plastic shin guards.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Hurricanes were without guard Gal Raviv, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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