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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

By the time Grupo Lamar was seized, there were few businesses left to nationalize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

The NFL funds boosted the council’s revenue by 450% year over year, giving the group the firepower to nationalize problem gambling efforts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2024

As a striking illustration of the truth of this assertion the project of Henry George to nationalize the land may serve us.

From What Shall We Do? by Leo Tolstoy, Count

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 Sara Jeannette Duncan

But Exxon and Conoco, still leery two decades after Venezuela nationalized their assets there, are taking their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

Exxon’s team inspected the Cerro Negro heavy-oil project that it operated before 2007 when Hugo Chávez’s government nationalized much of the country’s energy infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Then came the collapse of the government-sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both promptly nationalized.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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