Example Sentences

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By the time staff reached the two dolphins, he said, they were seizing on the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

In July 2023, members of Niger's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace and appeared on national television saying they were seizing power to end the "deteriorating security situation and bad governance."

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

Hughes estimated that about 140 climbers were seizing on the weather window out of a total of just over 400 climbing permits issued this season by the Nepalese government.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2021

Even before anyone had actually read Mr. Panetta’s latest book, critics were seizing pieces of it to make points.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2014

Finally, the depot master at the railroad told Jack’s mother not to expect the shipment, that the Nazis were seizing everything coming in by rail.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren