possession
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Together, they have made the phone feel less like a personal possession and more like mandatory civic infrastructure.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
For instance, if the team with the first possession winds up scoring a touchdown, its opponent knows precisely what it must do: Go for it on every fourth down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But the Rams tied the score on the next possession off a five-yard touchdown reception by Adams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"It was through interrogation work that investigators were able to get the receiver of the stolen goods to admit that he had indeed taken possession of the paintings."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
In possession of childish sums of money, they wanted to be treated as grown-ups.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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He kept all his possessions in two sacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Senior move managers are especially good when you need an outsider to force decisions about possessions you no longer need.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ekerdt said adult children often decline their parents’ possessions for exactly this reason: They haven’t lived with the object and they don’t know the story attached to it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
After failing to score on their first three possessions that included their first lost fumble of the season, the Bruins’ offense reeled off touchdowns on their next three possessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Not that these things were left on purpose, but stuff simply got forgotten because they were no longer on the radar of critical possessions.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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