take the opportunity

Example Sentences

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You would think that the business community in California would take the opportunity to fight back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

But as more vehicles are on the road on market days, more people take the opportunity to travel.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

"I think they had decided early on that you're only going to get the scale of change they want if you're very tough and very determined and every chance you get, you take the opportunity."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Audrey was scared to leave home and miss so much school, but her parents encouraged her to take the opportunity.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

Rosemont was some ten feet to his outside, leaving plenty of room for Pollard to swing Seabiscuit out of the rail-path’s slow going, but Pollard didn’t take the opportunity.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand