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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
Indeed, just 10 days after being rescued, Maple had a surprise in store.
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Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Just over 1,500 children have been rescued from Russia, with almost half of those facilitated by Save Ukraine, a charity dedicated to the return of Russian children who helped Katya get back to Ukrainian territory after her weekslong ordeal in the military camp.
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