seizure
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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
The apparent seizure of Hui Chuan comes after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off the coast of Oman on Wednesday, according to Indian officials.
From BBC • May 14, 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
In the days before Maduro’s seizure, Van Dyke created an account on the popular prediction marketplace Polymarket, the indictment said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Then he remembered that no one else knew what Alby had said after Newt left the room—before the seizure.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Vocabulary lists containing seizure
The Bill of Rights
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Out of My Mind
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