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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spirited (away or off)
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They were forced on kidnapped and sold Africans who were brutally crammed into ships as well as in slave markets in the Deep South.
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During their journey to the United States, Jacob saw dead bodies while trekking through the jungle, was kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint with his parents, witnessed a rape, and had to sell candy and beg for money, his dad said.
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Among those abducted were a mother and her 6-year-old son, who were released Thursday after nearly three months in captivity.
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Rapes were commonplace in both, as were the discoveries of women who had been abducted from elsewhere in the Bay Area and the state by assailants seeking a place to stash them.
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Guests can also rent Freedom Flyer cruiser bikes to pedal around the property and to nearby shops like Brewster Book Store, The Brewster Store, and Pelo Mar boutique.
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For Mosta, the bet is that owning the dollar moving through the system beats renting someone else's.
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The Grimm Brothers fairy tale follows a pair of famished siblings who get lost in the woods and entrapped by a child-eating witch, after stumbling upon her cottage made of candy.
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Ognall said that Stagg had been entrapped, and ruled that any evidence gathered from the operation was inadmissible in court.
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“Spirited (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirited%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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