seize the opportunity

Example Sentences

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“What we have done,” he said in 1997, “is to seize the opportunity that other people did not see.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"The risk is we don't seize the opportunity," Mr Fuller said.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The 38-year-old Khawaja failed to open in either innings in Perth because of back spasms, paving the way for Head to seize the opportunity with all guns blazing.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

But what would it look like if he did seize the opportunity?

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

Now, in the months after Stalin’s death, Khrushchev set out to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin