seized

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The scandal triggered an upswing of voter interest in California’s once sluggish governor’s race and in Becerra, who seized the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The £124,000 campervan was seized in April 2023 - the month after Murrell was first questioned - and put in a police compound.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Israel previously seized the site during the 1982 Lebanon war before withdrawing from it in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Back on May 9, 2025, masked federal immigration officers seized Newark Mayor Ras Baraka off of a public street outside Delaney Hall.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Christopher’s stomach lurched and he kicked downward—the pressure tightening on his ears, the cold burning on his skin—and seized it by the back leg.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell