seize the opportunity

Example Sentences

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Given the chance, many people would seize the opportunity to live among like-minded neighbors, to educate their children according to their beliefs, and to preserve their culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The 38-year-old Khawaja failed to open in either innings in Perth because of back spasms, paving the way for Head to seize the opportunity with all guns blazing.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

But what would it look like if he did seize the opportunity?

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow made his Wales debut in last summer's World Cup warm-up against England and is widely tipped to seize the opportunity, despite an injury-hit campaign.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024

Ebright seemed eager to seize the opportunity to exact revenge for the wrongs he had imputed to Pocock.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown