commandeer
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He’s hoping to commandeer another part of their basement, one currently reserved for their cats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
The students had gone to Iguala to commandeer buses to take them to an annual protest in Mexico City.
From BBC • May 15, 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
Once the competition begins, gold medals and world records commandeer the headlines as television sharpens the focus with artful, carefully framed camera shots.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024
Here's the cool part: I will eventually go to Schiaparelli and commandeer the Ares 4 lander.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing commandeer
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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