posses
Example Sentences
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Plans for ashes left over from cremations are also part of the proposal, with the commission alleging that funeral directors posses "hundreds of thousands of sets of ashes which have not been collected".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Thon’s scouting report: Ponce, 17, is a 5-foot-10, right-handed hitting utility player who will mostly concentrate on catching and posses a high on-base offensive profile.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
In this week’s “The Last of Us,” Joel and Ellie spend a fair amount of the episode riding horses, shooting guns and facing down posses, just like those western heroes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
He argued in August 2020 that sheriffs could call upon posses to deal with protesters.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2023
The title was largely honorific, but it enabled him to carry a badge and to lead posses, and he sometimes kept one pistol in his side pocket and another strapped to his hip.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
