seizing

Example Sentences

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None of this is to dispute that the company has been successful in seizing the attention of people with capital to spare.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

And it seems important to have one judge say this about an out-of-control colleague who’s seizing cases from a thousand miles away.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

These are, Mr. Freymann writes, “tempting targets,” but seizing them could stiffen the resolve of Taiwan and its Western friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

US officials have not raised the possibility during talks of somehow seizing control of Greenland, something that has been publicly rejected by Denmark and the Nato military alliance of which it is a member.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

When Grandma asked me buy her some soy sauce, I could not help seizing the opportunity to go past Number Eleven and take another look.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang