foreclose
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Johnson’s case asks whether Congress intended to foreclose district court review of constitutional challenges to veterans’ benefits laws.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
HOAs in many states can foreclose over unpaid dues even if the homeowner’s mortgage is up-to-date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
A buyer could foreclose on the property and potentially change its use to advanced manufacturing such as aerospace or defense, which is in high demand in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Not only does it create a lien against your home, but your relative could potentially foreclose on the property.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hospital bills arrived daily; the uninsured roofer had sent a lawyer after them, as had Grover, who stood ready to foreclose.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Tyndall’s death forecloses a criminal trial set for next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
“This Court’s longstanding precedent forecloses applicants’ attempt to have the courts look behind the request’s stated legislative purpose to the subjective motives of individual legislators,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
"Deseret power is not meeting its legal obligation to exercise diligence, because its contract seemingly all but forecloses Deseret Power from using the water itself," he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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A lender foreclosed on her San Francisco apartment in 2007, and two years later she filed for bankruptcy, according to property records and court filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
After all, the plaintiffs in Callais were themselves private enforcers of the VRA, and the court didn’t breathe a word about their claims being foreclosed on that ground.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
Colony Ridge foreclosed on one of the lots in 2021, according to Sanchez, who disputes the developer’s claims that she had missed loan payments.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026
But those hypothetical outcomes were foreclosed by mammal extinctions thousands of years earlier.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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By foreclosing rescission and large damages, the high court substantially narrowed the foundation for any significant plaintiffs’ fee award in future cases, lowering litigation risk at the margins.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
That approach could produce a formally narrow decision that nevertheless risks foreclosing meaningful relief for transgender individuals whose discrimination claims would otherwise warrant serious judicial consideration.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
On Sept. 26, CIM formally notified the Winnick family that it was foreclosing on Casa Encantada and the Malibu home, the latter of which was now owned by their three sons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
The complaint said Shein was also “instigating and supporting dubious copyright infringement lawsuits” against Temu, which is owned by popular Chinese e-commerce site Pinduoduo Inc., and foreclosing Temu’s access to suppliers through exclusivity agreements.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Blenham brought word you were foreclosing on Temple; he had some sort of a crooked scheme to cheat Temple out of his land.
From Man to Man by Jackson Gregory
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