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- noun Plural form of
hostage .
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Examples
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BOULDEN: Well, with President Bush using the term hostages, this has changed this slightly.
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Edouard Guillaud, the head of the armed forces in France, said Friday a military intervention to save the hostages is not in the cards at the moment.
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Sill: Having tear gas thrown in your house, from where you are firing on law enforcement or the bank where you are holding hostages is not stressful “through” anyone else.
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Having tear gas thrown in your house, from where you are firing on law enforcement or the bank where you are holding hostages is not stressful “through” anyone else.
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In rescuing hostages from a bus taken over by terrorists, a baby-faced young girl screamed, "Separate your feet!" as she moved to handcuff her suspect.
Boing Boing 2009
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Edouard Guillaud, the head of the armed forces in France, said Friday a military intervention to save the hostages is not in the cards at the moment.
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Have a setting like Blackhawk Down in which the only way to rescue hostages is for the government to find Jason & talk him in to leading a special ops team.
More Sequels: Fourth Jason Bourne Film on Track for 2010 « FirstShowing.net 2008
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It was formed in the aftermath of the failed 1980 attempt to rescue hostages from the American embassy in Iran.
William Bradley: What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean? 2009
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In the unfortunate history of long-term hostages, Terry Waite's story is unique.
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Well, not from the extreme rightwing idiots at redstate. org who would rather see the 3 guys remain hostages because of their political views (i.e. they were against the war).
Think Progress » Breaking: Terrorist Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Strikes 2006
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