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Recent Examples of ransomedPerhaps she had been struck over the head and wrapped in fabric and thrown in a crate, to be ransomed.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The indictment alleged James collected thousands of dollars in rent and would have saved $17,837 over the life of the mortgage versus a loan at a higher rate.
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Pierre Thomas,
ABC News,
24 Oct. 2025
After almost getting run over by two cars in heavy rain, a tiny black kitten was saved by a kind stranger who stopped to help him and ended up taking him home.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.
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Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
The news comes after a Holland America Line ship rescued two people from a sailing vessel in distress in August during a cruise from Boston to Quebec City, Canada.
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