Examples of hostage crisis in a Sentence
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Anger is growing at home over the government’s handling of the hostage crisis.
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Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Namely, how will the possibility of the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders shake up a seven-month war, a hostage crisis, and a growing famine?
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
The excerpt details the former president's meeting with Stewart and seemingly alludes to using paranormal psychology to save Americans amid the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
The film recreates several real-life events, including the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, the carpet bombing of Chechnya under Putin’s watch, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, incorporating footage shot by Ukrainian filmmakers during the invasion.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
The incident provided a measure of how politicized the hostage crisis has become.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
During the Iran hostage crisis that followed, Patrick’s mother returned to Iran and was stuck.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Families embroiled in the most recent hostage crisis — Israeli-Americans held by the militant group Hamas in Gaza — met Wednesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and with national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
—Camilla Schick, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
The latest death toll officially marks the attack as one of the worst terrorist acts in Russia’s modern history, surpassing the casualty number of the hostage crisis at Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater in 2002, where 130 people died.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Namely, how will the possibility of the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders shake up a seven-month war, a hostage crisis, and a growing famine?
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
The excerpt details the former president's meeting with Stewart and seemingly alludes to using paranormal psychology to save Americans amid the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
The film recreates several real-life events, including the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, the carpet bombing of Chechnya under Putin’s watch, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, incorporating footage shot by Ukrainian filmmakers during the invasion.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
The incident provided a measure of how politicized the hostage crisis has become.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
During the Iran hostage crisis that followed, Patrick’s mother returned to Iran and was stuck.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Families embroiled in the most recent hostage crisis — Israeli-Americans held by the militant group Hamas in Gaza — met Wednesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and with national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
—Camilla Schick, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
The latest death toll officially marks the attack as one of the worst terrorist acts in Russia’s modern history, surpassing the casualty number of the hostage crisis at Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater in 2002, where 130 people died.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
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