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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spirited (away or off)
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And the best way to do it was to deny any possibility of interstate or international transport of the person's body or kidnapped.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026 -
The bone found near the Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, believed to have been kidnapped from that residence in February, is not evidence of a crime, according to local officials.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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At 14, she was abducted from her Salt Lake City, Utah, home in June 2002.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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One character, a troubled traveling man named Herald Loomis (Joshua Boone), bears the scars of post-slavery enslavement after being abducted into seven years of hard labor under Joe Turner.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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McMahon said Bowfield Green are market rate apartments, and 20% of Founder’s Square apartments are rented to tenants who are make 80% of the area median income.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The investigation found that accounts for companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash can be bought or rented online without providing identification.—
Amy Corral,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 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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“Spirited (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirited%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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