posses
Example Sentences
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He doesn't posses the game-breaking wonders of Graham, but he's a reliable and intelligent footballer.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025
Thon’s scouting report: Ponce, 17, is a 5-foot-10, right-handed hitting utility player who will mostly concentrate on catching and posses a high on-base offensive profile.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
What would posses anyone to want to make a cake in the image of Amy Winehouse’s corpse as a joke?
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022
The documents called for setting up sheriff’s posses, community kitchens, a “militia-based military” and communications carried out by ham radio operators.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2019
The title was largely honorific, but it enabled him to carry a badge and to lead posses, and he sometimes kept one pistol in his side pocket and another strapped to his hip.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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