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They became so attached that they actually defended those who held them hostage.
From the infowars.com
Pyjama parties are clearly a hostage to fortune, as Gordon Brown has discovered.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
She is alive, not beheaded, not held hostage, not any number of terrible things.
From the dailyherald.com
It needs to develop a campaign that includes aid, but is not held hostage by it.
From the guardian.co.uk
Late last night the Android community was taken hostage by a rogue Twitter user.
From the techcrunch.com
U.S. energy policy has been held hostage by the environmental lobby for decades.
From the ocregister.com
Hostage rescues are rarely attempted and are difficult to pull off successfully.
From the stltoday.com
Some of them were taken hostage, as were eight prison officers, said de la Rosa.
From the signonsandiego.com
He surrendered himself as a hostage to keep his men safe, according to the crew.
From the buffalonews.com
- A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war. ...
- Hostage is the eight release, and sixth studio album, from American Christian rock band Resurrection Band (known at this time as "Rez Band"), released in late 1984.
- Hostage is a 2005 thriller film with Bruce Willis that was directed by Florent Emilio Siri. The film was based on a novel by Robert Crais, and was adapted for the screen by Doug Richardson.
- Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by Robert Crais, set in Bristo Bay, California, about a small town police chief named Jeff Talley with memories of a failed hostage situation, who must negotiate the same type of situation in his own town if he wants his own family to live. ...
- Hostages is a computer game developed by Infogrames in 1988. The game was called Hostage: Rescue Mission in the United States, and Operation Jupiter in France. The Nintendo Entertainment System port was called Rescue: The Embassy Mission. ...
- The Hostage is a 1967 Crown International low-budget motion picture starring Don O'Kelly, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown, with Leland Brown, John Carradine, and Harry Dean Stanton.
- The Hostage is a loose 1958 English version, with songs, adapted in a much longer text from a one-act Irish language Gaelic play An Giall, by its author, Brendan Behan.
- "The Hostage" is a 1974 pop-rock hit released by Donna Summer on the Groovy record label. It was the first single from Summer's debut album Lady of the Night. ...
