seizure
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Analysts said the seizure would remind China of Iran’s control over Hormuz, as Sinoguards provides armed guards for ships.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
It is a dramatic turnaround for a sector that crashed to 48,000 tonnes in 2008 in the wake of a botched government land reform programme that led to the seizure of hundreds of commercial farms.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A spokesperson from the office told ProPublica the seizure was at the request of the U.S. attorney’s office in Puerto Rico and was “not about any election in particular.”
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters in Madrid that the seizure was "one of the biggest, not only nationally but internationally".
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Lucky I woke up out of my seizure or the house would have caught on fire and I would have been dead.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
Vocabulary lists containing seizure
The Bill of Rights
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