Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position.
—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.
—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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