as in recovery
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Recent Examples of ransom
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2025
This could suggest that while attackers are targeting more victims, fewer are giving in to ransom demands.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Don Dewitte, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
There was no distress call, ransom demand or sign of a technical problem or bad weather.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
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Verb
What happened to the enslaved individuals or the Archbishop of Goa isn’t clear, though the viceroy was ransomed for $2,000.
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That region understands that providing roads, utilities and public access is part of doing business, not a ransom to be paid by private investors.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for ransom
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Keeping Tabs on Car and Insurance-Related Documents Good documentation helps save time and stress during claims or disputes.—
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After first responders tried to save her at the scene, she was taken to Hennepin Healthcare and pronounced dead.—
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Nestled in the green hills of the Pacific Palisades and just miles from the Pacific Ocean, community members gathered for an afternoon service and concert to grieve, heal and remember — remember homes lost, remember their lives before displacement and remember to find hope in recovery.—
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Right after the Eaton and Palisades Fires, county and city leaders promised a fast, efficient and safe recovery, but fewer than a thousand actual buildings are under construction one year later.—
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department on Wednesday rescued three people who were trapped under a collapsed retaining wall in Lennox.—
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In the final battle, the group of heroes kills Vecna, and the Mind Flayer, before rescuing the children and setting off bombs that destroy the Upside Down.—
Noun
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English regularly aims for redemptions of at least two cents per point on international business-class seats, where the difference between the points price and the cash price is most pronounced.—
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Beating Ohio State served as redemption.—
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No minimum to redeem for cash back.—
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Here’s how to claim your lottery prize All Arizona Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $100 and may redeem winnings up to $599.—
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Traditional holiday themes of generosity, salvation, and tradition are mostly absent here.—
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And all of that offers a certain salvation, a shelter of sorts from the unjustly brief and linear time we are given.—
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Shove some sweet deliverance in their stocking, or treat them to a holiday tin of Tom’s Perfect 10.—
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Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.—
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“Ransom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransom. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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