possession
Example Sentences
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She and her ex Donna broke up just after Rosie's mother had died and they lost all their possessions in a house fire.
From BBC
After the shooting, an agent “advised he had possession of Pretti’s firearm,” which he later put in his vehicle, according to the report.
Their net rating—a measure of how much a team outscores its opponents over the course of 100 possessions—is +7.2.
But Newcastle have not always made the most of all that possession, and they failed to find a breakthrough in the goalless stalemate against Wolves earlier this month despite having 67% possession of the ball.
From BBC
An agent took possession of Pretti’s firearm after the shooting and put it in his vehicle, according to the report.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
