as in fastening (on)
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An 18-year-old was arrested after allegedly kidnapping his 12-year-old brother along with his mother during a domestic incident, according to Michigan State Police.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Putin has already been declared a war criminal by the International Criminal Court for kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2026
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Clare, who has credit for 1,806 days behind bars since his arrested, admitted abducting the 3-year-old boy and the 16-year-old girl, who were the subject of an Amber Alert out of Tennessee before they were found.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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In the 1920s, on a chicken ranch in Riverside County, a mother-and-son pair was abducting boys, molesting them and murdering them with an ax.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Right now in that process, the Tigers are meshing young prospects and new non-roster invitees with a roster that feels close to set.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Uncertain Spacetime Einstein’s general theory of relativity, with its mind-bending revelations about the subjectivity of space and time, has long had issues meshing with quantum mechanics.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Spiriting (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiriting%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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