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Nationally, he might be able to nationalize Thames Water, a troubled utility serving southern England, but bigger targets are constrained by the budget deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

“The volume, coordination, and repetition signal a deliberate strategy to nationalize a local race by weaponizing bigotry as a turnout engine,” the group’s report says.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2025

Details, if fairly studied, would do much to nationalize our architecture.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

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

His government nationalized hotels, closed casinos and turned to Soviet-backed sugar exports for revenue, sidelining tourism for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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

American mahjong, nationalized by Jewish women, adds eight jokers, an elaborate tile-trading process called “the Charleston” and a dizzying card that changes annually and lists 70-odd winning lines—which can produce more than 1,000 combinations.

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

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

He’s brought us closer to the EU again, raised taxes to fund schools, moved back toward nationalizing the railways, and brought about improved rights for the U.K.’s enormous numbers of people who rent their housing.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

“It really depends on what nationalizing elections entails.”

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

Then, in 1976, Venezuela lowered the boom, nationalizing its oil industry.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 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