Example Sentences

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In ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking,’ Amanda Montell observes how information overload and online culture have hijacked our brain’s hard-wired vulnerabilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Dear Amy: My partner and her two sisters have hijacked Thanksgiving ever since their mother died 10 years ago.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

If so, that’s because another country may have hijacked your internet traffic.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2018

He believes that racists have hijacked Confederate symbols in an effort to deepen the country’s racial divide.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018

Other cyber-thieves have hijacked extensions and add-ons for web browsing programs to insert the malicious code.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2017