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It added that the use of robots made outside the US could allow "malign actors to surveil Americans, enhance the capabilities of foreign intelligence services, or to remotely commandeer the robots."

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He’s hoping to commandeer another part of their basement, one currently reserved for their cats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

Swift pointed out that nobody wants a guest to commandeer a wedding speech to flaunt their own relationship news.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

You took a computer at a place where you commandeer visually several screens at once, and you had also the ability to turn the TV you were watching pretty readily.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2024

But that is mere child’s play compared to the way personal communications devices can commandeer those systems.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

When replicating, the virus essentially commandeers the molecular factory of the cell to make lots of copies of itself, then breaks out of the cell to set the new copies free.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

Guitarist Katie Henderson commandeers a laptop from their sound engineer, swipes through two dozen menus and recalibrates the backing track.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023

“The record is clear; the Commissioner’s boarding practice commandeers space, staff and resources in the Hospitals’ emergency departments that is needed for other patients and services,” McCafferty wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

“Could it mean, should it mean, have we in other cases interpreted similar language to mean, you can’t use money in a way that commandeers a state or private entity?” he asked.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

Kruger, President S. J. P., ultimatum of, 1; commandeers his burghers, 34; designs of, 48; telegraphs to Botha to hold on to Hlangwhane, 343; to President Steyn to commandeer everyone in annexed districts, 382.

From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office

Also, we could pursue any interest we liked without feeling that it had been commandeered by a brother or sister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Sure enough, the next day Colbert commandeered an episode of “Only in Monroe,” the same Michigan-based public access program he hosted in 2015 before his “Late Show” debut.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Western experts say such workers endure miserable living and working conditions, have their movements restricted and see most of their wages commandeered by the North Korean state.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

The ICE agent joking about his lunch break stood up from the single chair he’d commandeered at a security post.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

Food was scarce because the soldiers had commandeered the supply house and were now rationing food out to all the villagers.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

He was known for regularly ambling by and commandeering these tour groups to show off whatever latest project he had going or demonstrate the precise and persnickety method he’d perfected for planting a tree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

With captain Jamie George and up-and-comer Theo Dan commandeering the number two jersey of late, he faces a battle to force his way into the 23-man squad.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Foster needs to sell season tickets, but campus needs to stop commandeering the concession revenue from basketball games in Pauley Pavilion.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

As generative AI grows, the shoggoth has to be fed on user data, which companies can squeeze more cheaply from you via commandeering your consent than they can by paying you for your data.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023

Bo says nothing about me commandeering his radio.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy