possession

Example Sentences

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"Mali will be a different match. They have a lot of top-level players, and maybe we will have less possession, so it will be a real test for us both."

From Barron's

She opened the scoring with a three-pointer from the top of the key and added triples on back-to-back possessions to increase the margin to eight points.

From Los Angeles Times

Listen to Blade Bird: The album's swooning climax, based on a Basque poem about the tension between love and possession.

From BBC

They were error-prone at the back, wasteful in possession, out battled and failed to register a shot on target.

From BBC

‘It’s heartbreaking’: My cousin died and her estranged husband has taken possession of her home.

From MarketWatch