hijack
Example Sentences
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McKinney’s sudden emergence in the race in May saw him hijack the incumbent’s support from law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Baseball let Netflix hijack its season opener with goofy wrestlers and dancers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"They hijack the machinery that makes proteins, disrupt the 'postal service' that sends messages between different parts of the cell, and disable the defenses that normally protect us from infection."
From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025
As a result, Mr Farrow believes different groups have since been able to hijack them as their own symbols.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025
Peter Van Houten would not hijack Gus’s funeral.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing hijack
President Obama's U.N. Address
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