be seized
Example Sentences
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Some of the coalition’s members live in RVs that could be seized and dismantled if the city is permitted to implement the law, the group said in its complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
Karlshorst's representative in the assembly of the city-state of Berlin, Ukrainian-born Lilia Usik, has over the past two years been trying to ascertain if the buildings can be seized or possibly used to help Ukraine.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
To watch peak Alcaraz is to be seized with the feeling that tennis has never been executed like this before—this charismatic cocktail of high performance, speed, endurance, power and joy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea such tankers can be seized as stateless vessels.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Johnny knew that by law any cargo that was not unloaded within twenty days might be seized by the custom-house and sold at auction.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
