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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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Not only does it create a lien against your home, but your relative could potentially foreclose on the property.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

The association threatened to foreclose on the home if the balance wasn’t settled in full, and the family was also struggling with rising utility costs and insurance premiums, Vetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Friday's decision "is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury," Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in her opinion.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

"There is an adequate state ground for the prosecution and that forecloses Supreme Court jurisdiction on that issue," Peck said.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2024

In “Class,” however, that anger forecloses the greatest gift of the memoir genre, which is self-reflection.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2023

But they shouldn’t adopt a theory of the First Amendment that forecloses such regulation entirely.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2023

“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

After all, the plaintiffs in Callais were themselves private enforcers of the VRA, and the court didn’t breathe a word about their claims being foreclosed on that ground.

From Slate May 19, 2026

Colony Ridge foreclosed on one of the lots in 2021, according to Sanchez, who disputes the developer’s claims that she had missed loan payments.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.

From MarketWatch Mar. 7, 2026

An A-CAP affiliate, ACM Delegate, foreclosed on all of Glutality’s assets, valued at $25.5 million, in July 2025, according to filings.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

I rode my bike home, two blocks past my building to this house that had been foreclosed on and abandoned.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

A-CAP was Glutality’s primary lender and became its owner after foreclosing on the venture’s assets in the months before Glutality’s October 2025 petition for Chapter 11 reorganization, court records show.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

That approach could produce a formally narrow decision that nevertheless risks foreclosing meaningful relief for transgender individuals whose discrimination claims would otherwise warrant serious judicial consideration.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2026

Isabella County, in which the court will examine whether government has the right to keep value beyond what is owed in taxes after foreclosing on a home.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a fellow New York Republican who reviles Santos, introduced a bill this year aimed at foreclosing just that possibility.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2023

When I see Squire Blasdell to ask permission to burn the barn, I'll see if he won't wait a bit about foreclosing.

From The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Hope, Laura Lee



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