seizing

Example Sentences

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It’s also a story about time, about seizing the moment: the great days that will define one’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Other federal agents arrived in armored vehicles, quickly seizing control of the block.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-rises have plummeted in value since occupancy dropped during the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

U.S. special operations forces have devised plans for seizing the nuclear weapons, facilities, and materials of many hostile or turbulent countries.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

I reckon on the Morrow we shall be seizing Stores from the Islands.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson