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The deal would effectively nationalize an industry Belgium had spent years trying to phase out.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

To meet that need, Congress enacted the SSI program in 1972 to nationalize the state welfare programs for adults 65 and older and those with disabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

Miller, a fluent Spanish speaker, was Halliburton’s head of business development in Venezuela when Hugo Chávez was elected president and began to nationalize the country’s energy industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

But the temptation to nationalize the outcome here is a misleading one.

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2024

The large capitalists organized industry; the small capitalists will nationalize it; in so far at least as it has been or will have been organized.

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by William English Walling

June 1960 - Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refuse to process Soviet oil.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

For participating firms, the industry pledge effectively nationalizes the California ban on companies using personal information about students for activities not authorized by schools.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014

The document promotes equality for Bolivia's put-upon indigenous majority and nationalizes several natural resources, among other changes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, and Israeli armies, under secret pact with Britain and France, invade the Sinai peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this state land nationalizes may note the character of the movement towards small holdings.

From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan

Many have held back over legal and financial concerns in the country, which nationalized the assets of ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Exxon and ConocoPhillips sued Venezuela after the country nationalized their assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

It found devastating damage to Cerro Negro, the project it operated before 2007 when its infrastructure was nationalized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized: You compare it to nukes…threaten half of white-collar jobs…warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity…then race ahead anyway,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

He’s brought us closer to the EU again, raised taxes to fund schools, moved back toward nationalizing the railways, and brought about improved rights for the U.K.’s enormous numbers of people who rent their housing.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Then, in 1976, Venezuela lowered the boom, nationalizing its oil industry.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

A prospective soldier needed to bring his own weapon to join the military, a clever means of nationalizing Somaliland’s supply of loose guns while saving the government the cost and hassle of purchasing firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

The roots of his presidential campaign date to 1987, when amid a spiraling economic crisis, the Peruvian government proposed nationalizing banks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025

In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling