posses

Example Sentences

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He doesn't posses the game-breaking wonders of Graham, but he's a reliable and intelligent footballer.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

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

He argued in August 2020 that sheriffs could call upon posses to deal with protesters.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

But they are not immune to mankind’s hunger to posses.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2021

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