Example Sentences

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Towing and impounding companies may auction unclaimed vehicles within a certain amount of time.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Some have suggested that this could portend a more carefully planned attempt at impounding soon.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025

Potential environmental impacts of reservoir construction are another significant impediment to adoption of PSH when impounding a natural waterway.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

Minibus taxi operators across Cape Town also aired frustrations that the government was impounding taxis they claimed were not roadworthy.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023

“I just wanted directions and the next thing I know”—I gave a cheerfully dismayed laugh—“this man’s telling me I’m on private property and he’s impounding my car.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson