Sentence examples for have just commandeered from inspiring English sources

They have just commandeered a five-year authorization for a $307 billion farm subsidy bill.

The maker movement, a global outpouring of do-it-yourself creativity and technology-fueled collaboration, has just commandeered its own season.

The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the entire arsenal was headed for the regional government in southern Sudan.

In February 2013, I was a few miles from the Turkish border, standing on a road outside a government office that rebel fighters had just commandeered as a base, and inspecting the ruins of a Syrian army tank that had been destroyed in a battle a few days earlier.

We've just commandeered an Ethernet connection on the bridge.

The track has been commandeered by adverts for cereal, cars and phones, as far afield as Austria and the US (where the band have just spent several weeks touring).

Officer Lopez was shot in the leg after two masked men who had just robbed a bank tried to commandeer his car.

The oil company BP has just lost its battle to trademark the colour green in Australia – but other brands around the world have managed to claim particular shades as their own: US jeweller Tiffany has the sole legal right to use its signature blue and purple has been commandeered by pet food company Whiskas in Australia.

But it was hardly inviting, and I have a hard time believing a random guest could just commandeer the computer without any employees noticing.

But what grabs our attention is the influence they have already commandeered.

Two sports halls, including Rudolf Harbig, have been commandeered.