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hijacker

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as in stowaway

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Recent Examples of hijacker The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking. — Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026 The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew. — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025

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stowaway

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And new species join the party regularly, as bad pet owners release their charges into the wild or stowaways sneak in from far-off countries.

— Alex Harris August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Determined to avenge his boss and save the man’s son (Chaneil Kular) from the same fate, the former cop and Iraq War vet becomes a stowaway on a massive container ship heading out to sea.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

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