foreclose
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Higher prices will foreclose the chances of the over-indebted European countries’ growing their way out of their debt problem.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The Debt Recovery Act of 1732, we are told, formalized the “ability of creditors to foreclose on American land”; without it, lending on land would have been almost impossible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
If the Journal’s reporting is accurate, for example, that would also foreclose any liability.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
"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
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