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Recent Examples of ransomed
Perhaps she had been struck over the head and wrapped in fabric and thrown in a crate, to be ransomed.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ransomed
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Had the vaccine reached the elder sooner, perhaps more of the Juma people’s history would have been saved.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Go to Settings > General > Local Capture to choose where your recordings are saved or to enable audio-only recording.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Five people are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them from a sinking sailboat hundreds of miles off the North Carolina coast Thursday.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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One specific example cited by Grossman showed how BBC Arabic gave greater prominence to Hamas in a BBC News story about a Yazidi woman who was allegedly rescued by Israeli soldiers after being trafficked to Gaza, where she was held captive by a Palestinian member of Hamas.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The deal can be redeemed when ordering through the restaurant kiosk, the Shake website, or the Shake Shack mobile app, with the code CHICKENSUNDAY.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Tickets sold at the gate are $3, which can be redeemed for a $3 concession item during the game.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Ransomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomed. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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