as in captive
one that has been taken and held in confinement
the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day
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The current proposal seeking to break a stalemate features three elements: cease-fire arrangements, including the redeployment of some Israeli military resources; a prisoner and hostage exchange; and increased humanitarian relief for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Israeli businesses resumed trading as normal on Tuesday, with the nation taking a pause from rallies after the funerals of the slain prisoners.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 3 Sep. 2024
Yandell accuses Perryman and others in CDCR with falsifying records to create conflicts between prisoners, and of documenting a misleading account of a conversation between Yandell, another prisoner and Perryman years ago.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Zoom in: Among other outstanding issues, the new proposal tries to address the disagreement about the list of hostages to be released, the sequence in which they would be released and the list of Palestinian prisoners who will be released for every hostage.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Aug. 2024
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Israeli businesses resumed trading as normal on Tuesday, with the nation taking a pause from rallies after the funerals of the slain prisoners.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 3 Sep. 2024
Yandell accuses Perryman and others in CDCR with falsifying records to create conflicts between prisoners, and of documenting a misleading account of a conversation between Yandell, another prisoner and Perryman years ago.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Zoom in: Among other outstanding issues, the new proposal tries to address the disagreement about the list of hostages to be released, the sequence in which they would be released and the list of Palestinian prisoners who will be released for every hostage.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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