repossess
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It turns out, he was trying to repossess it because they hadn’t been able to make the lease payments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
When borrowers default or people can no longer justify maintenance fees, timeshare operators can repossess or cheaply buy back their vacation ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
According to figures from the Ministry of Justice, private landlords currently wait 26 weeks - a median figure - between bringing a claim and being able to repossess a property.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Allowing the lender to repossess the vehicle is one option.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025
His family was asleep in the bunk bed that the store had now threatened to repossess.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
“Don Hankey, he sells loans to people with less than exceptional credit. Forbes said his company repossesses about 250 cars a day. Our former president got a loan from a repo man.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
That is certainly a possibility, but it is a long, legal process before a lender repossesses somebody's home.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
And it isn’t just cars he repossesses, he says.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2015
No. Bank repossesses your land, that’s what happens.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Jeramy seemed to have a motive: A couple of weeks before the break-in, Roebuck had repossessed a Dodge Dakota pickup truck he’d sold to Jeramy after his nephew fell behind on payments.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was the jewel in the crown of his growing investment portfolio, before Swiss bankers repossessed it just three years later.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Brian Colello, an analyst at Morningstar, said it’s possible to think of Nvidia’s computing infrastructure like a car: It can be financed by a customer, repossessed and sold back to another customer or used internally.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Colony Ridge repossessed more than 15,000 lots, many owned by immigrants, a 2023 investigation by the Houston Landing found.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
Wood became repossessed of his manic energy, and worked his team as hard as ever in the chilly haze of rain that persisted into December.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Caviness, 33, said he has been repossessing cars his entire adult life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Leasing companies warn that restrictions on repossessing their assets in case of defaults will drive up costs for all Indian airlines - even for IndiGo and Air India.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Payment difficulties can lead to banks and building societies repossessing houses, although lenders try to avoid this.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023
Going to the vidphone, Iran said, “Why are you afraid? They're not repossessing the goat, not yet.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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