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Recent Examples of captivity Amr Ali after receiving treatment for his hand, which was broken when he was beaten in RSF captivity. Mo Abbas, NBC news, 25 May 2025 The alleged victim further stated he had been routinely assaulted during his captivity. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025 Not much is known about Colleen’s life before her 1977 abduction and subsequent captivity. Makena Gera, People.com, 20 May 2025 The first-phase agreement ultimately allowed for the return of 33 hostages in Hamas captivity in exchange for 1,900 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for captivity
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Noun
  • The restaurant, located at 810 1/2 E. 31st St., was opened in 1951 by Paul and Kitty Kawakami, a Japanese-American couple who was confined in a California internment camp during World War II despite both being born in the U.S., according to The Star’s archives.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
  • Her grandfather, along with other family members, was imprisoned during World War II in the Japanese internment camps, losing the family farm in the process.
    Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The impact of their monthslong incarceration extended beyond them.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 23 July 2025
  • As alarming as this situation is, the toxic brew of brutal incarceration, migrant abuse, and private interests has a deep, dark history in Florida.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Writing becomes an act of containment—not confinement.
    Matthew Clark Davison, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
  • The former president returned to confinement in the Seoul Detention Center about 20 km (12 miles) south of the capital after the decision.
    Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Between 2020 and 2023, 529 people died in general population Tennessee prisons, excluding 162 deaths that occurred in a medical unit prison.
    Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 15 July 2025
  • What To Know According to an anonymous source speaking to the Daily Mail, Maxwell, who was convicted in 2022 over her links to Epstein's illicit activities and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, has expressed a willingness to testify before Congress about her experiences.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025

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“Captivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captivity. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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