Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spirited (away or off)
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The pain was particularly acute for worshippers who knew people who had been murdered or kidnapped by Hamas fighters.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026 -
One morning in 1980, Carl Fletcher, head of one of the richest Jewish families in Long Island and owner of a local plastics factory, is ambushed and kidnapped from his driveway.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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The development marks a significant shift from the assumptions that guided the early investigation, which for years centered on the possibility Plante had been abducted.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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In January 2025, a gang in France abducted a crypto firm’s co-founder and his wife, cut off one of the man’s fingers, and held the pair ransom under demands for funds from the company.—
Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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With the aid of French citizens, the Nazis looted more than 38,000 private apartments in the capital, and as many as 25,000 empty apartments that had been home to Jewish families were rented to non-Jewish tenants.—
Shannon Fogg,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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California’s elite putting up their nanny or private chef in a backyard pad — or renting them out as Airbnbs — will do little for the economics (or politics) of the housing crunch, but will help around the margins.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 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 4 Apr. 2026.
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