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Meanings of hostage crisis in English

Russian
захват заложников
Portuguese
crise de reféns
Catalan
presa d'ostatges
Spanish
toma de rehenes

Act of taking and holding a hostage or hostages.

захват заложников
Usage of hostage crisis in English
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Washington cut diplomatic ties with Tehran during the hostage crisis in 1980.
Reuters
2
The hostage crisis had given the city something to talk about.
Transfer of power
3
Pentagon officials are declining all comment, an indication that the hostage crisis continues.
Wired
4
The speech was postponed on Friday because of the hostage crisis in Algeria.
BBC
5
A bombing, hijacking or hostage crisis would seriously threaten those ambitions.
Reuters
6
Nightline began as a temporary show about the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.
Wired
7
Washington severed relations with Tehran in 1980 during a hostage crisis.
Reuters
8
He suffered from his own political controversies including a U.S. hostage crisis in Iran.
Reuters
9
The hostage crisis has achieved an apocalyptic importance out of proportion to its beginnings.
The new yorker
10
The statement made no mention of Americans who were caught up in the hostage crisis.
Reuters
11
Washington broke off ties with Iran during a hostage crisis after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Reuters
12
I drew attention to the hostage crisis in Iran.
True compass: a memoir
13
For many, it is represented by journalists' images of the hostage crisis or the Ayatollah funeral.
The Guardian
14
Mr Zaeem responded by comparing the plight of Palestinians in Hamas-ruled Gaza to a hostage crisis.
The Irish Times
15
The next morning, she awoke to a hostage crisis unfolding live before a global television audience.
The Guardian
16
New South Wales lawyers say they have received death threats after this week's Sydney hostage crisis.
Radio NZ
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