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“Slaveholders were eager to get that case before Taney, because that would have nationalized slavery,” Waite said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

Many countries with big reserves, like Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, have nationalized natural resources or have stringent currency exchange controls that can limit the ability of foreign investors to withdraw money from the country.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023

“We have nationalized salaries,” Mr. Macron declared in 2020, not blinking an eye.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Diamond feared at the time that if the British government believed Barclays' costs were higher than those of other banks, it might have nationalized it, as it did with several competitors, he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2012

Many new industries have come into being during the present reign, but we have nationalized none of them except the telegraphs.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John