be seized
Example Sentences
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Chapter 7 is known as liquidation because nonexempt assets can be seized and sold to repay your creditors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rosenzweig came to suspect that the “whole” can’t be seized in one grand idea—whether Reason, History or Nation—without turning the individual into collateral damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
"There is a window of opportunity, and it needs to be seized," Nadjibulla said.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Among them, sanitation workers would have to give 24-hour notice and describe the property to be seized and the basis for the seizure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 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
