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Example sentences for: hostage

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The prolonged crisis of 1979-1981, when 53 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, ended the State Department leadership in counterterrorism.
One commentator suggested that "the culprits may well have deliberately targeted the Japanese knowing that Japan places top priority on human lives in settling [hostage] cases.
Until the United States can disaggregate, its entire China policy will be held hostage to the most contentious issue of the moment.
The Army immediately set about creating the Delta Force, one of whose missions was hostage rescue.
President Reagan was concerned because Hezbollah was taking Americans hostage and periodically killing them.