possession
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Botswana also tightly regulates game meat, and its legal possession generally depends on proving it came from a lawful hunt.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
How to avoid it: Move IRA money directly between financial institutions rather than taking possession of it yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Across this season's opening 50 Premier League matches, teams recording at least 60% possession have won only 36.4% of those games, while in 2023-24, the figure was 53.5%.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Once ahead, Arsenal's possession falls from 60.4% to 56.6% - a small drop but a signal of intent.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
She did spot someone with a possession, though—a little girl clutching what looked like a piece of flowered cloth, not really big enough to be a blanket.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Ekerdt said adult children often decline their parents’ possessions for exactly this reason: They haven’t lived with the object and they don’t know the story attached to it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Her will was very clear regarding the disposition of her possessions, and we have already done that.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Among novelist Mona Awad’s prized possessions is a handmade rabbit brooch with delicate hanging daggers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Saddam Ali escaped from Al-Waziyah with his 11 children and a few possessions crammed into a small pick-up truck.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
His few possessions were treated like the bones of a saint.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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