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seize

[seez] / siz /




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Marshals to seize a company helicopter to help repay a separate loan of more than $10 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

In late May, the 77th Street gang squad was temporarily disbanded amid an internal investigation into misconduct that was allegedly driven by a push to seize illegal firearms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Human rights activist, Luciana Kokaj, 31, explained that she owned a property in northern Albania that a "major investor" tried to seize with forged property titles.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

But who will seize their chance over the next seven days in Paris?

From BBC • May 31, 2026

This allowed knights and nobles to seize land and force the commoners who lived on it to work for them.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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