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Recent Examples of seizure Many suffer blindness, seizures and abnormal behavior. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Hamas has come under overwhelming pressure from Israel’s invasion of Gaza’s largest cities and towns and seizure of the border between Gaza and Egypt. Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin's seizure of Crimea, combined with his ambitious modernization program for Russia's armed forces, had to change how the U.S. government viewed Moscow. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025 In Kansas City, just one seizure last year netted enough fentanyl to potentially kill more than 5 million people. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for seizure 
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Noun
  • That was the case at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, when the Minnesota Wild visited the Senators for an NHL bout.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • After 15 minutes of almost complete domination from Page, the judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 to the Londoner, who claimed his 23rd career victory.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This year marks the first time Fox Sports rolls out its special takeover of Tubi for the big game – inclusive of streaming Fox and Fox Deportes’ Super Bowl LIX broadcasts on the platform live in 4K (on compatible devices).
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The Trump administration — particularly Musk with the takeover of the Treasury payment system — is literally executing policy at the most nuts-and-bolts level.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The city of Charlotte and state of North Carolina may never forget April 29, 2024 — the day that marked one of the nation’s most devastating attacks on law enforcement in generations.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Two more New York City firefighters have died as a result of health issues sustained while working at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The architect Mark Roy Daniels produced a particularly opulent example of the Spanish Colonial style, which represented an Anglo appropriation of Alta California.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • But much of its billion dollar budget comes from federal appropriations.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Desperation leads to counterfeit medications, unsafe substitutions and, in extreme cases, theft.
    Tony Christiano, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Much of The Return is spent sorting through the detritus of Laura’s case: a resolute look backwards that ultimately points the series toward some uncertain future.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • With a decision on annexation coming up with the next three months, Jordan’s 46-year-old mayor may find his third term in office a critical one.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Under the annexation agreement, Tinley Park would foot the bill to install a four-way intersection with stoplights at Market Place Drive, which is west of Harlem and east of 76th Avenue.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the cold spell brought Chicago's air temperature down to a bone-chilling minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit on January 21.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • While there is no magic spell to eliminate identity fraud entirely, enhanced address verification can significantly bolster your defenses against it.
    Rob Heidenreich, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Seizure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seizure. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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