How to Use seizure in a Sentence
seizure
noun- Not all searches and seizures by the police require a warrant.
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Kidd’s seizure of the Quedagh Merchant was among the last legendary hauls.
— Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 -
Rain placed her body on top of River to try and stop his seizures.
— Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023 -
In such cases, seizures and/or coma may be the first sign of a low.
— Jordyn Bradley, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024 -
One of the seizures was at the York Middle School while having lunch with a student.
— Max Sullivan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Ukraine has sharply criticized the seizure of its land.
— Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Many of the vehicle seizures have revolved around drugs.
— Mike Baker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023 -
The mayor's office confirmed that the seizure took place on Monday.
— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023 -
The warrant authorizing the seizure of the Schiele was dated Sept. 12.
— Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Footage has been released by the Iranian navy that shows the seizure of a foreign vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
— Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The woman was not criminally charged but the Fish and Wildlife Service ordered the seizure of the bones.
— Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022 -
After the first seizure, Wilson went to the county office building to get her car back.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Two days later, Sara had a massive stroke followed by a seizure.
— Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Gabapentin gained first approval in 1993, and is used to treat nerve pain, partial seizures and fibromyalgia.
— Isabella Cueto, STAT, 22 May 2024 -
Those seizures resulted in 32 arrests and 63 felony charges.
— Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2023 -
The cause was brain seizures, said his brother Ken Lerner, who is also an actor.
— Emily Langer, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023 -
The toughest measures to date came in 2020, nine years after the start of the war and the same year that the first massive seizures of Captagon drugs were being recorded.
— Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 -
According to the Mayo Clinic, a febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child that is caused by a fever and occurs in young, healthy kids.
— Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023 -
The first seizure happened on a September morning last year.
— John Johnston, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022 -
One of the early episodes of the original Pokémon anime gave people seizures in Japan.
— Ollie Barder, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 -
Shields then explained that her seizure was triggered by low sodium.
— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023 -
My sweet 15-year-old Boston terrier Ollie had a seizure and couldn’t walk or breathe.
— Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Even after the 1960s seizure, Black families continued to live around the perimeter of the college.
— Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024 -
After a seizure at two months, doctors sequenced his genome and found a single misspelling in a gene called TNPO2.
— Jason Mast, STAT, 13 May 2024 -
As of Thursday evening, his spokesman tweeted he was being monitored for signs of a seizure.
— Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Generalized epilepsy is a type of seizure in which all parts of the brain are affected.
— Jordan Strickler, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022 -
That followed France’s seizure of a $120 million superyacht in March.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023 -
For months after the seizure, Barzman denied making the paintings.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023 -
But chroming can also lead to more serious health issues, including abnormal heart rhythms and seizures, Hays said.
— Korin Miller, Health, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The indictment is part of a broader investigation that has already seen searches conducted at the homes of top city hall aides and the seizure of phones by federal investigators.
— Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
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