repossession
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They are also “more likely to have their account assigned to repossession within two years.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
In Southern California, repossession of a car whose owner is behind on loan payments is not uncommon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
They included a couple now £13,000 in arrears on a home they bought, and a woman who faced the repossession of a house she left following a marriage breakdown 15 years earlier.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
Data obtained by the BBC's investigations team showed mortgage repossession orders in England and Wales reached 10,853 in 2024-5 - the highest number in five years.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
On the Pasubio front the Italians captured positions north of Monte Corno, but the Austrians succeeded in obtaining partial repossession of them by a violent counterattack.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)