The Army of the Potomac the strongest of the Union armies had tried to seize Richmond, the Confederate capital.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Some said it was a plot by members of the stock market to ruin farmers and seize their land.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

The action will let the Treasury Department block or seize any of their money within reach of United States laws.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

If any boat carrying troops refused to stop, the state soldiers were to sink it and seize the fort.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

But Johnson refused to stand aside in the face of radical attempts to seize all powers of government.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

It did not have enough soldiers to stop any real attempt by Confederate forces to seize the city.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Still,the line moved forward. A few Confederates reached the Union line, but not enough to seize it.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

Their goal was to seize the federal arsenal and use the weapons to arm an anti-slavery rebellion.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The commander was to use force to oppose any attempt by Texas to seize the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Admiral Nimitz of the Navy wanted to capture the small groups of Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, then seize Taiwan,and finally attack Japan itself.

VOA: special.2011.06.23

The governor then ordered state soldiers to seize the other two forts in Charleston Harbor.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Radical lawmakers took other steps to seize control of reconstruction efforts in the South.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

They wanted to seize the territory and Fort Union in an effort to find paths to the Pacific Ocean and to the gold fields of Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Union General Ulysses Grant had been trying to seize Vicksburg for several months.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

There are reports that pirates cooperate with each other to seize ships.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

She says the picorna-like viruses seize control of the ribosome in cells.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Now,however,there was great fear that southern soldiers would seize Washington.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

If successful,he would turn south to seize Baltimore and Washington.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The government has new powers to seize failing financial companies.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

watch a madman seize a subway train.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Speaking to reporters later, he dared the forces of the provisional government to try to seize or destroy him.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

The same day,U.S.prosecutors moved to seize property belonging to companies accused of transferring money illegally to the Islamic Republic.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

He says some in the business community also fear that interim leaders may seize assets, just like the Bakiyev regime.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

(SAYING) He cautions that anyone standing outside offices trying to seize anyone's property illegally will be blocked from such attempts.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Mr.Zelaya told reporters he feared the interim government would provoke violence and might even invade the Brazilian embassy compound to seize him.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22