seize

Example Sentences

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Given an opportunity to inflict massive damage on that enemy, the president boldly seized it.

From The Wall Street Journal

They explode into games, seizing on loose kicks and spilled balls in the air.

From BBC

We seized the opportunity to strengthen education and prevention efforts around human trafficking.

From Los Angeles Times

Rosenzweig came to suspect that the “whole” can’t be seized in one grand idea—whether Reason, History or Nation—without turning the individual into collateral damage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anthropic, fueled by momentum from Claude Code and the recent publicity from its standoff with the Pentagon, has aggressively grown revenue and seized mindshare.

From MarketWatch