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But the federal government doesn’t possess a comprehensive database of citizens, and efforts to match different data sets have so far yielded inaccurate results.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

“They possess this hidden skill that we’re overlooking from this bias against them,” said Scott Bentley, an assistant professor of human-resource management at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations who co-wrote the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Organisms older than 500 million years did not yet possess shells or skeletons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2022 and vowed never to relinquish its weapons, of which it is estimated, external to possess dozens.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

One day, so everyone said, this Power would possess him; he would sing and cry as they did now, and dance before his King.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Researchers, including Dr. Marcus Lower from Swinburne University of Technology, investigated this long-standing quantum mystery by studying a magnetar, a rare type of neutron star that possesses the strongest magnetic fields known in the universe.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

Rhea Seehorn possesses what Vince Gilligan calls “Jumbotron face.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

"We have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the US military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Etna also possesses a traumatized sadness and wisdom familiar from conventional war fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

You only get to make one first impression, unless the person you meet possesses a rare and specific kind of generosity.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

Brown, 35, had denied murder with a special defence that he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time and believed he had been possessed by the spirit of 19th Century occultist Aleister Crowley.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

But it will probably take years for Bronin to acquire the credibility on Social Security that Larson possessed, even assuming that he wishes to do so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

While his eight sacks in 2023 were far from his career high, he possessed the same knack for blowing up plays and was named a first-team All-Pro for the eighth time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

What on Earth possessed Nolan, a notoriously detail-oriented director, to tap the all-purpose flour of movie stars to portray one of the most storied heroes in literature?

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Even Uncle Kufa hadn’t possessed anything that fine, and it seemed a shame to leave it behind.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The government did not allege that he was intoxicated while possessing the firearm, that he was addicted to marijuana, that he had ever threatened anyone, or that his gun ownership had resulted in any danger.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

OutKick — the Fox-affiliated sports site — breathlessly covered the octagon girls’ new red, white and blue outfits, describing them as possessing “American glamour.”

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

He died in 1806, remembered for possessing an acute mind, an aloof personality and a tendency to be terminally irritating to his colleagues and the king.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Ruby Celly Uribe, 37, of Sacramento, was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of unlawfully possessing a machine gun and an unregistered short-barreled rifle, according to a news release from the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

The young Mr. Gitney possessing a not inconsiderable shelf of books, I surveyed their titles for one which might engage me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson