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Meanings of seize on in English

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fixar-se

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        fixar-se
        Usage of seize on in English
        1
        However, Melrose was not the only company to seize on the opportunity.
        Reuters
        2
        Perhaps, in the UK, Trump brings opportunities that we should seize on.
        The Guardian
        3
        Nevertheless, he said Democrats would seize on the scandal to boost fund-raising.
        Reuters
        4
        Russia would seize on any paralysis to try to raise the bar.
        The Guardian
        5
        I should have known she'd seize on that, so I kept talking.
        Into the Water
        6
        Yet to see and seize on the opportunity when given is difficult.
        Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
        7
        Alexamenus, with all the Aetolians, hastened away, to seize on the palace.
        The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
        8
        His dilated eyes looked ready to seize on me for an illustration.
        The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 8
        9
        It is difficult to seize on the characteristics of my father's conversation.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
        10
        You seize on Emmanuel's word that you are a monument of mercy.
        Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
        11
        Critics, however, are likely to seize on her lack of foreign policy experience.
        The Guardian
        12
        Extremists of all sorts seize on and glorify violence -they always have.
        The Guardian
        13
        Among the politicians to seize on the sense of unease was Alex Salmond.
        The Guardian
        14
        He then orders an officer to seize on Dennis in France.
        Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
        15
        Disbelief over lawyer's comments Trump's critics were prompt to seize on the exchange.
        Radio NZ
        16
        Yesterday and the day before they did not seize on them any more.
        The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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