Example Sentences

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The students were commandeering buses, a local custom, to travel to the demonstration in Mexico City.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022

Talk radio buzzed that corporate types were commandeering the turf of Red Sox Nation, purloining a symbolic moment, 95 years in the making.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2013

Regular guests complained bitterly that the newcomers were commandeering the elevators and the public toilets.

From Time Magazine Archive