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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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Not only does it create a lien against your home, but your relative could potentially foreclose on the property.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Pinnacle filed for bankruptcy last year after Flagstar moved to foreclose on the portfolio.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

This does not, of course, foreclose another question: Does the book add anything of additional value—defining the term, loosely, to include perspective and narrative fluency?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

Hospital bills arrived daily; the uninsured roofer had sent a lawyer after them, as had Grover, who stood ready to foreclose.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Tyndall’s death forecloses a criminal trial set for next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

“This Court’s longstanding precedent forecloses applicants’ attempt to have the courts look behind the request’s stated legislative purpose to the subjective motives of individual legislators,” she wrote.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022

"Deseret power is not meeting its legal obligation to exercise diligence, because its contract seemingly all but forecloses Deseret Power from using the water itself," he said.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022

“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

In 2011, Dimon named him head of the mortgage department—replacing Scharf—after former Marine Captain Jonathan Rowles testified before Congress about how JPMorgan had illegally foreclosed on his house while he was serving on active duty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

After all, the plaintiffs in Callais were themselves private enforcers of the VRA, and the court didn’t breathe a word about their claims being foreclosed on that ground.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

Colony Ridge foreclosed on the property three years later, even though Acevedo said she was making payments.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026

I rode my bike home, two blocks past my building to this house that had been foreclosed on and abandoned.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

The HOA is also foreclosing on some units owned by investors who stopped paying after their tenants didn’t pay rent, Amilowski said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

A-CAP was Glutality’s primary lender and became its owner after foreclosing on the venture’s assets in the months before Glutality’s October 2025 petition for Chapter 11 reorganization, court records show.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

By foreclosing that tool, the court doesn’t just alter the shape of judicial relief.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a fellow New York Republican who reviles Santos, introduced a bill this year aimed at foreclosing just that possibility.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

Lane, who won't wait any longer, is foreclosing, and he'll fix things so there will be no balance left.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss



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