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Recent Examples of ransomed
After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.
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Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Her cousins and aunt were ransomed and released in Lebanon; Caroline was taken separately, chosen by an ISIS emir, and has never been found.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Further south, shipwrecked sailors were well advised to steer clear of the Diola of the Casamance, who would kill them on sight—until the Diola found out that the sailors could be ransomed.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Will the jewels be returned, or the tiaras and necklaces ransomed back by a third party?
—John Miller, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
Perhaps she had been struck over the head and wrapped in fabric and thrown in a crate, to be ransomed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Her cousins and aunt were ransomed and released in Lebanon; Caroline was taken separately, chosen by an ISIS emir, and has never been found.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Further south, shipwrecked sailors were well advised to steer clear of the Diola of the Casamance, who would kill them on sight—until the Diola found out that the sailors could be ransomed.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Will the jewels be returned, or the tiaras and necklaces ransomed back by a third party?
—John Miller, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
Perhaps she had been struck over the head and wrapped in fabric and thrown in a crate, to be ransomed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ransomed
Verb
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Thousands of lives could potentially be saved and improved over the years if the invention, now in the advanced stage, were approved.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Pemberton saved electric guitars, present nowhere else in the score, for exactly that beat.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Firefighters rescued a dog from a 12-foot deep sinkhole in Falmouth, Massachusetts.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Officials said 57 soldiers were rescued alive from the crash site in the remote municipality of Puerto Leguizamo and were being treated for their injuries in the capital Bogota and elsewhere.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This grocery store rewards loyal customers with discounts and points that can be redeemed for free merchandise.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash.—
CBS LA Staff,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Ransomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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