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It's been a year of not knowing whether Agam Berger, 20, is alive or dead, or how she's being treated by her captors.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
The transcript of Joan’s trial, which details the acts of cruelty at the hands of her captors and her remarkable resilience, remains one of two critical documents concerning Joan’s life.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
In December, Israeli troops mistakenly killed three Israelis who had escaped their captors, and Hamas has announced the killing of a number of others, blaming Israeli airstrikes and failed rescue efforts.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
Another legend tells of a Hawaiian princess who, fleeing from her captors, jumped from the cliffs to her death.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
The transcript of Joan’s trial, which details the acts of cruelty at the hands of her captors and her remarkable resilience, remains one of two critical documents concerning Joan’s life.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
In December, Israeli troops mistakenly killed three Israelis who had escaped their captors, and Hamas has announced the killing of a number of others, blaming Israeli airstrikes and failed rescue efforts.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
Another legend tells of a Hawaiian princess who, fleeing from her captors, jumped from the cliffs to her death.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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After being freed by his jailer to help fight off the ravenous walkers, Daryl grabbed his morning star weapon and proceeded to bash in the skulls of all approaching zombies.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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One of the fault lines is Hansraj Landa, the sadistic jailer played by Vivek Gomber.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Prosecutors say Allen actually confessed over 60 times to the killings while in prison, to his wife, his mother, family members, the prison warden, the psychologist who treated him in prison, other prison employees and other inmates.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her attorneys have filed a motion accusing the prison warden of disregarding a lawful order by not releasing her yet.Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
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And was the flirtation between Elsbeth and fire marshal Jake legitimately hot (no pun intended)?Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Fayetteville firefighters responded to a multi-alarm fire on the second floor of Leverett Gardens Apartments in the 2100 block of North Leverett Avenue just before 8 a.m. Monday, according to fire marshals.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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In these accounts parents act as guardians and the children are the beneficiaries until the child reaches the age of majority (usually 18, but sometimes 21) in their state.Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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This poses a serious challenge to the custodians of the existing system of national security policymaking: the uniformed military and the civil service that make up the vast majority of people tasked with overseeing any president’s agenda.Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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The screenplay by Tom DeNucci (Vault) follows Rickey, a high school custodian whose world is rocked when his girlfriend, Kelly, is selected to play hockey for Team USA and compete in the World Games, thus leaving him behind.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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