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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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Not only does it create a lien against your home, but your relative could potentially foreclose on the property.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Pinnacle filed for bankruptcy last year after Flagstar moved to foreclose on the portfolio.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

But circumstances can change, and a permanent prohibition against Ukrainian membership would foreclose a step that may become necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

Findley, 54, used several aliases to pose as the bogus lender, and threatened to foreclose on Graceland and auction the compound – unless the Presley family settled the claim for $2.85m.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

Tyndall’s death forecloses a criminal trial set for next year.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2023

But they shouldn’t adopt a theory of the First Amendment that forecloses such regulation entirely.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2023

“This Court’s longstanding precedent forecloses applicants’ attempt to have the courts look behind the request’s stated legislative purpose to the subjective motives of individual legislators,” she wrote.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2022

“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Many are sitting on mountains of debt and might have been foreclosed on by now, but they say banks don’t want their struggling properties either.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Colony Ridge then benefited from the improvements made to the land it foreclosed on and resold the lots at higher prices.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.

From MarketWatch Mar. 7, 2026

An A-CAP affiliate, ACM Delegate, foreclosed on all of Glutality’s assets, valued at $25.5 million, in July 2025, according to filings.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

They’d have him disbarred; Bud Gleason would no doubt see that Hirsshorn foreclosed on his house.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

With a $127,000 federal tax lien on his New Orleans-area home in 2007 and a bank foreclosing on a second home in Florida, Alvendia joined Star Academy as a national salesman.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

By foreclosing rescission and large damages, the high court substantially narrowed the foundation for any significant plaintiffs’ fee award in future cases, lowering litigation risk at the margins.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

That approach could produce a formally narrow decision that nevertheless risks foreclosing meaningful relief for transgender individuals whose discrimination claims would otherwise warrant serious judicial consideration.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2026

The complaint said Shein was also “instigating and supporting dubious copyright infringement lawsuits” against Temu, which is owned by popular Chinese e-commerce site Pinduoduo Inc., and foreclosing Temu’s access to suppliers through exclusivity agreements.

From Seattle Times Dec. 14, 2023

In a letter from John, he learned that Captain Barney had advanced the money to pay the interest on the note, and that Squire Pemberton had not said a word about foreclosing the mortgage.

From The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion by Oliver Optic



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