Sentence examples for claimed possession of from inspiring English sources

The Republican Party has claimed possession of the word — and the idea it embodies.

Officials in the Bush administration claimed possession of evidence that justified pre-emptive invasion of another country.

By early 1861 the seven Southern states that had already seceded from the Union claimed possession of all U.S. forts and arsenals within their territory.

Great Britain and the United States both claimed possession of the islands; Britain finally annexed Ashmore in 1878 and Cartier in 1909.

In the early nineteen-twenties, with the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey claimed possession of the city, which the League of Nations later gave to Iraq.

There would be no epic tussle as there would be decades later when two fans claimed possession of Barry Bonds's 73rd home run ball in 2001, before a judge awarded them joint custody in advance of an auction.

The jealous ownership implied by the word "mine" suggests that (à la Walt Whitman) to live in Brooklyn is both to claim possession of a milieu and to be possessed by it.

Central governments still claim possession of 70% of forests despite the proven benefits of local ownership.

2011 Phil interviews Chelsea Charms, who is famous for claiming possession of the world's largest breasts.

The military junta declared war on Great Britain in April 1982 to claim possession of what it called "Las Islas Malvinas".

Lallana did well to claim possession of an awkwardly bouncing ball and laid off for the German at his side.