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The deal would effectively nationalize an industry Belgium had spent years trying to phase out.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

To meet that need, Congress enacted the SSI program in 1972 to nationalize the state welfare programs for adults 65 and older and those with disabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

Padre Tiago has threatened to eradicate American influence and to nationalize the United Fruit Co. plantations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

But the temptation to nationalize the outcome here is a misleading one.

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2024

They planted themselves upon the anti-slavery character of the Constitution, believing that it "does not sanction nor nationalize slavery but condemns and localizes it."

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

June 1960 - Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refuse to process Soviet oil.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

For participating firms, the industry pledge effectively nationalizes the California ban on companies using personal information about students for activities not authorized by schools.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014

The document promotes equality for Bolivia's put-upon indigenous majority and nationalizes several natural resources, among other changes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, and Israeli armies, under secret pact with Britain and France, invade the Sinai peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this state land nationalizes may note the character of the movement towards small holdings.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

The oil giant recently sent a technical team to survey the Cerro Negro heavy-oil project that it operated until 2007 when Hugo Chávez nationalized much of the country’s energy infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The prospect of change is also reviving hopes among some exiles of recovering properties nationalized after the 1959 revolution.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Congress nationalized passenger and baggage screening at airports two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

This was done primarily to restore control of Iranian oil fields, which Mossadegh’s government had nationalized, to British energy companies.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

A US appeals court on Friday overturned a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for nationalizing the oil company YPF in 2012.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

So I want to be clear, he’s not talking about nationalizing election administration.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

“It really depends on what nationalizing elections entails.”

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

A prospective soldier needed to bring his own weapon to join the military, a clever means of nationalizing Somaliland’s supply of loose guns while saving the government the cost and hassle of purchasing firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling