possessing

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possessing an offensive weapon close to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home in Norfolk.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

In that matter, Keenan was prosecuting a felon for illegally possessing a handgun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Dimona hosts what is widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never admitted to possessing nuclear weapons, insisting the site is for research.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

The National Defense Strategy includes provisions for maintaining a resource-sustainable approach to countering Islamic terrorists with focused capability on organizations possessing both the intent and ability to strike the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Instead of the natural environment there was rapidly substituted an artificial one composed of new chemical and physical agents, many of them possessing powerful capacities for inducing biologic change.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson