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hijacker

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Recent Examples of hijacker The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking. — Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026 The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew. — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025

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stowaway

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Few people take them seriously, in other words, which means musicals have a greater chance than, say, film or opera or theater, of those stowaway messages being intercepted.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026
Eventually, the stowaway cactus drops off and becomes a new individual.

— Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

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