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Recent Examples of skyjack
The only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history still baffles the FBI and amateur sleuths.
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Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyjack
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Multiple national park advocacy groups, including some comprised of current and former NPS employees, have called for the public to hijack the government’s initiative by posting comments in support of national parks and their employees.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But most user applications don't have kernel access specifically because a buggy app (or one hijacked by malware) with kernel access can bring the entire system down rather than just affecting the app.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
WIRED,
13 Dec. 2018
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Planning to open the 1,000-bed facility within days, state law enforcement officials commandeered the environmentally sensitive land, owned by Miami-Dade County, and began ushering in trucks carrying portable restrooms and industrial generators.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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Trump commandeered California’s National Guard to put troops on the ground in Los Angeles, and mobilized U.S. Marines to that city.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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“Skyjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyjack. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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