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
This does not, of course, foreclose another question: Does the book add anything of additional value—defining the term, loosely, to include perspective and narrative fluency?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Findley, 54, used several aliases to pose as the bogus lender, and threatened to foreclose on Graceland and auction the compound – unless the Presley family settled the claim for $2.85m.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
If the Journal’s reporting is accurate, for example, that would also foreclose any liability.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 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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