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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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HOAs in many states can foreclose over unpaid dues even if the homeowner’s mortgage is up-to-date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 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

"There is an adequate state ground for the prosecution and that forecloses Supreme Court jurisdiction on that issue," Peck said.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024

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

“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

That case, Gorsuch reasoned, was on point here: It foreclosed Flowers’ rule that workers needed to cross state lines or interact with vehicles traveling across borders to engage in interstate commerce.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 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

But the Website I’d found had been very specific about there being this huge parcel of oft- foreclosed land that no one had ever managed to develop.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The HOA is also foreclosing on some units owned by investors who stopped paying after their tenants didn’t pay rent, Amilowski said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

A-CAP was Glutality’s primary lender and became its owner after foreclosing on the venture’s assets in the months before Glutality’s October 2025 petition for Chapter 11 reorganization, court records show.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 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

He would much have preferred foreclosing the mortgage, since then he would be in possession of the farm and the valuable salt mine.

From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis



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