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seizure

[see-zher] / ˈsi ʒər /




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In 1971, the Supreme Court began to patch this hole in a case called Bivens, approving monetary damages against federal agents who violated the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

If she forgets to take her seizure medication, Ponce said, she can have several episodes a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Then in July 2025, a significant seizure left Phoebe in a coma for three days.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The Portuguese, he writes, were by the 17th century the first colonial power to grasp the financial potential in basing industrialized agriculture on mass slavery abetted by the seizure of conquered land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

First there was Jop, our current apprentice, whose daily trip from his parents’ home in the suburbs had twice nearly ended in seizure for the factory transport.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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