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And the choice of CFO to step in for the chief executive’s role makes sense due in part to the operational expertise that most finance chiefs possess, as we noted in the Morning Ledger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Japan's constitution renounces offensive military force, and successive governments have maintained a decades-old pledge not to possess nuclear weapons, produce them or permit their introduction into the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

I am not here to debate the merits of Hong’s assertion, mostly because I don’t really possess the hoity-toity intellectual hardware to do so.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

They said they did not even possess pellet guns.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“This was once the seat of the Pandava brothers and their wife, Draupadi. You mere pinches of mortality are nothing compared to them. You cannot possess me!”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Rhea Seehorn possesses what Vince Gilligan calls “Jumbotron face.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Although the agency possesses broad authority to issue market-monitoring requests, these lenders generally fall below its $10 billion supervisory threshold and therefore are not ordinarily subject to this level of scrutiny.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Another reason she might be withholding guidance is that she possesses some narcissistic tendencies, Smith says.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

City will look better with Rodri, who possesses an understanding of positioning, speed and risk that Anderson and future signings may take time to grasp.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Frank Volkheimer’s third-floor walk-up in the suburbs of Pforzheim, West Germany, possesses three windows.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The ancestors of Indigenous Andeans already possessed different numbers of AMY1 copies before settling in the highlands and domesticating potatoes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

What on Earth possessed Nolan, a notoriously detail-oriented director, to tap the all-purpose flour of movie stars to portray one of the most storied heroes in literature?

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Despite a total population of just over six million people, the Baltic states possessed around 33,000 startups last year, according to data from Lursoft IT, a Latvian company specialising in business and financial databases.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

At this point, it feels like she is drained of any confidence she might have possessed when you two first started.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

She was glad he could not see her blush; what had possessed her to leave the house in her nightdress?

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

He also lambasted people’s preoccupation with possessing money as warping their imaginations and blinding them to the existence of more fulfilling possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The government did not allege that he was intoxicated while possessing the firearm, that he was addicted to marijuana, that he had ever threatened anyone, or that his gun ownership had resulted in any danger.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

OutKick — the Fox-affiliated sports site — breathlessly covered the octagon girls’ new red, white and blue outfits, describing them as possessing “American glamour.”

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

A man has been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possessing an offensive weapon close to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home in Norfolk.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

So they relied completely upon cavalry, since for possessing only a reasonable number of horsemen they were provided for and honoured.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli