seize
Example Sentences
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Instead, they seize the bull's horns and try to bring it to the ground, and win extra points if they can jump onto its back or crawl underneath its belly.
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
After elite U.S. forces fast-rope from helicopters onto the deck of a tanker and seize control of the ship, a slower and less dramatic boarding often follows: A U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
The prime minister had sought to seize this brief opportunity to project direction and delivery and saw the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, as a case study in both.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
That is the real prize, and it evaporates the instant one man tries to seize it all.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
It leaped into all their minds that the Black Wings had spied them and had sent armed soldiers to seize them: no speed seemed too great for these terrible servants of Sauron.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing seize
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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