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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Eventually, Iris gets her hands on Josh's phone and gains access to her own settings, giving her an opportunity to outsmart her human captors.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
In some footage, they were taunted by their Hamas captors.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
In 1991: Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson was freed by his captors, members of the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, after nearly seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Less than a week had passed since the corpses of six Israeli hostages, shot by their Hamas captors, were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
In some footage, they were taunted by their Hamas captors.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
In 1991: Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson was freed by his captors, members of the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, after nearly seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Less than a week had passed since the corpses of six Israeli hostages, shot by their Hamas captors, were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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