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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spirited (away or off)
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Deputies said initial statements claimed he had been kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint by two unknown suspects who then allegedly restrained him and set the vehicle on fire.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Any show where characters are regularly shot, kidnapped, and/or tortured needs a touch of comedy, and that’s where German bounty hunter Randy comes in.—
Tanya Melendez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Hillside Strangler abducted, raped and murdered 10 young women in Los Angeles in the 70s’ and left their bodies displayed on the hillsides.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Mexico City — Mexican authorities are working to find a content creator with ties to the US who disappeared in the Mexican state of Sinaloa this week, after a viral video appeared to show her being abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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Then came digital transformation, turning on-premises work such as marketing, commerce, or HR into digital services, often rented via remote cloud computing.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jones is happy to still be renting in Bristol.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stevenson insists that the goal of the Legacy Museum is not to present Alabama as irredeemably racist or forever entrapped by its past.—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Civic driver was extricated as Ramsubhag was received lifesaving measures while still entrapped the vehicle.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
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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 29 Jan. 2026.
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