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Canadian police took hold of the man's arm as he crossed.
Take Gaga, who flourished as millennials took hold of pop culture.
Her sharp, penetrating eyes took hold of my face at the doorway.
Before a bank of photographers, he took hold of a golden shovel.
When she refused, he said, security officers took hold of her arm.
When they took hold of her, she said, she started to panic.
Anastasi finished her education just as the Great Depression took hold of America.
The internet, as it does, took hold of the #NationalBobbleheadDay hashtag with aplomb.
I took hold of it and whipped it off perfectly in one movement.
As Nazism took hold of Germany, however, he saw Nazism for what it was.
With the clock running out, Jenkins took hold of the ball in thrilling fashion.
He dated her sister before booze and crack took hold of him, she said.
The bushfires took hold of Kangaroo Island, Australia's third largest island, on January 4.
It began when militants aligned with ISIS took hold of the city in May.
The White House says Trump took hold of those notes in order to prevent leaks.
Under the Peróns, polarization between supporters and opponents took hold of the country's political consciousness.
"I don't know what took hold of me or why I gave," he said in 2013.
"But as it reached some final points, it really took hold of me physically," she said.
At one point Moreno-Ocampo, who is 64, took hold of his laptop and summoned YouTube.
Peripheral bond yields rose in late trade, as a risk-off mood took hold of global markets.
A similar effect took hold of 24, which was serialized within its seasons but not across them.
"He took hold of my hand and held me in place like this," she told the newspaper.
Then something bent down and took hold of me and shook me like the end of the world.
Majid, a committed secularist, also hated the Islamist forces that took hold of his region after the invasion.
As officers continued to approach Perez, he took hold of a woman, putting the knife to her neck.
He arched over her back and took hold of the passport before it landed on the pimpled floor.
In her introduction to the English edition, Ms Cusset explains simply that Mr Hockney's life took hold of her.
The Bruins took hold of the coveted Cup three days later at a banquet at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
So my need to learn, my need to know my roots, took hold of me at that early stage.
Sister took hold of Sally's ear, turned her around, and walked her back to the other side of the yard.
Keith McCabe took hold of him, put him on the ground and applied an armbar to gain a quick tap.
As I opened my umbrella, a young woman appeared at my side, took hold of my arm and got underneath.
Once Trump officially took office, the panic that took hold of Colbert on election night evolved into anger, and then flourished.
She took hold of the center and started to push the Americans back, further and further, back toward Alyssa Naeher's goal.
Tapachula, Mexico (CNN)Rosalin Guillermo climbed through a hole in the fence of the bridge and took hold of the ladder.
He was at a Trump rally in November, reporting from the press pen, when an "uncomfortable suspicion" took hold of him.
Was it Man Ray's sense of discovery that took hold of you — how he was just discovering what film was capable of?
The penguin barely offered any resistance, but let out a deep, primal squawk as Mr. Sutherland gently took hold of its flanks.
Emmett Till's sixty-year-old murder took hold of Dana Schutz, and she struggled with (and against) the urge to paint it.
According to ABC News, a stranded dog paddled up to the rig and desperately took hold of a pole attached to the rig.
During the interwar years these forces gradually took hold of the new Austria and from the 1920s onwards many began to flee abroad.
He was a tireless advocate for the effort, insisting since Republicans took hold of a unified government in January that action would happen.
What makes maternity discrimination different from other types of discrimination, she said, was the slow creep with which it took hold of her life.
"He accepted the challenge, took hold of the Indian and by a fortunate trip, succeeded almost instantly in throwing him," according to the story.
He took hold of the offense with 223 yards passing and 123 rushing yards, three touchdowns overall to go with his shovel-pass interception.
As Harvey's floodwaters took hold of the region last Sunday, he says he woke up to a dry house and a community in need.
He grew up in the city's scene playing in various bands, even as the more destructive trappings of that scene took hold of him.
Herring smelled blood and took hold of his opponent in the clinch to deliver a number of hard knees to the head of Aliakbari.
Lulu took hold of the menu and confidently ordered a pizza and tomato pasta for us as though she'd done it many times before.
A 3-year-old boy slipped into the enclosure of a 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe, who quickly took hold of the child.
Months after the #MeToo movement took hold of culture, a Hollywood institution of a man had finally faced real, legal consequences for his monstrous actions.
It was only in the 1960s and 1970s that conservatives took hold of the "Judeo-Christian tradition"—and that liberals largely let them have it.
Orlando took hold of the game midway through the first quarter and held a double-digit advantage for much of the second and third quarters.
Voight-Campbell took hold of their wrists in order to move their arms together in wide circles, and blew her breath into their open palms.
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET The one that took hold of me was a book, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," which was made into a movie later.
And, as I wrote in this space one month ago, well before the ongoing viral crisis took hold of investors' – much less the world's – attention.
As white flight took hold of cities across America in the 1950s and 1960s, cities and suburbs became racially homogenous and their school districts reflected populations.
From that point forward, ClassPass took hold of a growing percentage of Yoga Vida's business with little to no benefit to the yoga company, Patton claimed.
At some point between late 2015 and early 2016, the ubiquitous cold-shoulder top took hold of fast fashion and has since refused to let go.
She died from a cancer that was found in a very advanced stage, and which quickly took hold of her body and devastated her last months.
El Paso, Texas (CNN)Carlos Gutierrez says the Holy Spirit didn't take hold of him until five years ago when three men took hold of his legs.
That was the same message that Bush Sr. offered his son after the younger Bush took hold of the lofty office that the older Bush once held.
And, regardless of whether the guests were titled, famous, rich beyond dreams of avarice, or winners of some genetic lottery, simple wonder momentarily took hold of them.
The war in Vietnam would soon gain international visibility, and the idea of America as an imperialist country took hold of the imagination of the world's youth.
When she was driving back from Galway one time an incredible anxiety attack took hold of her and she called her mother, convinced that she was dying.
While he was there, he said things seemed to get worse every day as the virus took hold of the country and stoked fear in the public.
As Vinayak becomes wealthier, the greed that took hold of him as a teenager becomes only stronger until he unwittingly passes it on to the next generation.
In the moment captured on video, the Governor General gently took hold of the Queen's elbow — a move he later said was meant to prevent her from falling.
It was 1973 and family moved from their home outside of Hartford to England for a year; the game was everywhere, and it took hold of Powers' imagination.
The writing was on the wall as soon as the SBG man took hold of Murphy's limb, and the tap came quickly after Smullen applied a heel hook.
In the wake of the Second World War, a phalanx of young composers took hold of European music, determined to discard a compromised past and remake their art.
Should it be a policy-focused drive, aiming toward the progressive talking points that took hold of the 2016 Democratic primary, like universal health care and income inequality?
SINGAPORE, March 2100.5 (IFR) - Risk-off sentiment took hold of Asian financial markets, leading to weaker equities and credits that were dragged down by overnight losses on Wall Street.
Finally, a couple weeks ago a trend took hold of the internet in which people created music out of MIDI files are arranged in the form of an image.
Once we'd introduced ourselves Mr. Kamprad took hold of me by the waist, as if we were on the dance floor and he wanted to check out my figure.
"It is now time to take hold of our economy, just as we took hold of our freedom on July 15," he said, referring to a coup attempt that failed.
The author's disinclination toward the private and the psychological leaves a reader of "Bush" wondering exactly when and how an "unnerving level of certitude" took hold of the title figure.
New York (CNN Business)Stocks rallied all the way into the close on Tuesday, both in the United States and elsewhere, as positive sentiment about trade took hold of the market.
You, and a ton of other Seattle musicians have consistently said what a magical, fun, pure music scene it was during the early '90s before the world took hold of it.
The Iraqis forces took hold of the eastern part of Mosul in January, but the western area, with its winding roads and small buildings, has proved more difficult to rest back.
As risk-off sentiment took hold of world markets again, Italian bond yields shot up, with analysts saying a report that Italy could cut its growth forecast again weighing on sentiment.
"Our people did not leave sovereignty to their enemies and took hold of democracy to the death," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, as Erdogan and members of opposition parties looked on.
While Ms. Donnell was in one pose, on her back with an ankle over a knee in a figure four, Mr. Kest approached her and took hold of her extended foot.
Khe Sanh likewise took hold of the American public, which bought into the notion of a pivotal battle that would leave one side sprawling and the other limping to final defeat.
Federal officials told a Seattle research lab not to test flu swab samples for coronavirus in January, before the outbreak took hold of Washington state, according to The New York Times.
But growing up in New Haven, before engineering took hold of him, he used to visit the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to indulge a childhood obsession with winged insects.
Hayek, 52, played Esmeralda in 1997's The Hunchback alongside Mandy Patinkin, a full 22 years before a devastating fire took hold of the iconic church as the world watched in horror.
He laments how postindustrial urban decay took hold of Beacon in the 1960s, rendering central Main Street derelict, and urban renewal cleared the way for stout, one-story constructions in the '70s.
Helplessly, I thought of my own father, who died when I was 11, and those old emotions, stored away but never far off, took hold of me as if I were graveside.
His approach, which came to be associated with the Chicago School of law and economics, took hold of the entire field over the ensuing decades, though its power derived more from simplicity than accuracy.
This makes for a wonderfully compact film that departs from the usual documentary formula, but it elides the changes that took hold of soccer just as Maradona's playing days were coming to an end.
But Wednesday night, during the final debate between nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Clinton took hold of her feminism in a number of ways that made the third debate arguably the most campaign-defining.
This article first appeared on VICE Serbia When communism took hold of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after World War II, Christmas as a religious holiday was banned in the now-secular country.
A massive uprising took hold of Puerto Rico following the July 13 revelation by Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism of 900 pages' worth of text messages between Rosselló and his advisers and cabinet members.
Under Corbyn and McDonnell, Labour has shifted from the centrist pro-business platform of former prime minister Blair to being more left-wing since they took hold of the party leadership almost three years ago.
Federal officials reportedly told a Seattle lab researching the flu not to test swab samples for coronavirus before the outbreak took hold of Washington state — a potential missed opportunity early on in the US outbreak.
But federal officials reportedly told the Seattle Flu Study researchers not to test swab samples for coronavirus before the outbreak took hold of Washington state — a potential missed opportunity early on in the US outbreak.
Mats Zuccarello, Victor Rask and Alex Galchenyuk also scored as the Wild took hold of a wild-card spot in the Western Conference one day after they were crushed 7-3 by the Los Angeles Kings.
Mats Zuccarello, Victor Rask and Alex Galchenyuk also scored as the Wild took hold of a wild-card spot in the Western Conference one day after they were crushed 143-3 by the Los Angeles Kings.
Briefly, a delusion took hold of me during the Hermès show on Sunday as the Austrian model Serge Rigvava sauntered onto the runway clad in an immaculately cut six-button double-breasted suit of verdigris velvet.
Mr. Hutchings scraped his way skyward as Mr. Cross took hold of a beat located somewhere between the Balkans and the Middle East, raising the tension as the drummers chafed against him in a stutter-step pattern.
"Clearly the Fed is alarmed by the risks posed directly by the coronavirus, but also indirectly via the panic that took hold of financial markets last week," said James McCann, senior global economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments.
"While in the kitchen, he took hold [of] a knife to demonstrate [the jacket] was stab-proof and sadly realized it wasn't the case," Teesside Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh said at a hearing into the young man's death.
Love set Cashew on a nearby perch and with the thumb and forefinger of both hands took hold of each wing by the tip and moved them up and down a few times as though priming a pump.
If you haven't heard by now: A thirst pandemic recently took hold of straight women on social media over the Hot Priest in Fleabag, aka the lead character's latest love interest—and new crown prince of Thirst Twitter.
And where NSC officials typically brief the president ahead of a call with a foreign leader, Sondland took hold of that process and notified NSC and White House officials he briefed Trump in advance of the Zelensky call.
That's precisely what happens to the writer, professional hobbyist and acclaimed comic stylist Henry Alford in his new book, "And Then We Danced": Dance took hold of his spirit at the age of 50 and hasn't let go.
The concept of yogic celibacy took hold of her around 1985, when she suffered a series of personal setbacks: First, she was denied tenure in the philosophy department at the University of Michigan, and then her marriage fell apart.
Part of it was stylistic, a mini-movement that took hold of college basketball for a short time during the tail end of a narcissistic decade in America and enabled the profundity and overwhelming shock-and-awe of teams like Oklahoma.
Dopesick, her third book, is at its best when chronicling how heroin took hold of the US after a crackdown on prescription opioids, and her numerous, tragic interviews with people with addiction and their families who were ravaged by these drugs.
While we spoke, and I jotted down notes, Sadek took hold of my necklace—a long chain with two interlocking pieces of clay—and began pulling it toward him as far as it would stretch, about a foot from my chest.
Much of Huber's work over the past year has been shrouded in mystery, and the GOP lawmakers also expressed disappointment that Huber declined their request for him to testify, which came before Democrats took hold of committee gavels last week.
Fit City Two years ago, at a park on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Coss Marte took hold of a corroded metal pipe and felt the weight of his body as he lifted his feet off the ground for some pull-ups.
With an endorsement last month from former president Barack Obama, Pressley was part of a historic wave of women, especially women of color, who took hold of the 2018 midterm elections and campaigned on bold, progressive platforms geared toward shaking up the Democratic Party.
"Concerned for the immediate well-being of the dog, one of our officers removed portions of his uniform, took hold of one end of a rescue rope, and with his co-workers holding the other end, he made his way to the dog," Const.
Rumored to have started in the DJ box, the blaze quickly took hold of the already dilapidated structure and though the few staff inside got out unharmed, one end of the building completely collapsed, narrowly missing the 25 firefighters battling to subdue the blaze.
Before critical theory took hold of American universities in the '90s, perhaps with the exception of Joseph Kosuth's mechanistic reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein and of the loose connection between Nelson Goodman's Nominalism and Minimalist Art, the philosophical and the art-critical rarely melded on these shores.
But a flurry of state-level polls, conducted before the Ukraine story took hold of the news agenda, have shown rising support for Warren's platform of what she calls "big structural change," including proposals to expand social security and to tax fortunes worth more than $50 million.
In 2015, during a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed budget for 2016, Sessions took hold of the questioning and careened it off course, turning it instead into an interrogation of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on the Clean Power Plan and its proposed emissions cuts for power plants.
But, while smiling and talking to him politely, saying we were friends, I took hold of and squeezed his wrist almost to the point of breaking it, and managed to back him down and get him to apologize in front of about a dozen of his cohorts and followers.
She described what happened next at a small Ohio dinner party, detailed in a February profile of her in the Washington Post: "He took hold of my hand and held me in place like this," she said, squeezing the sides of the water glass, shaking it gently from side to side.
"The market is taking notice of this car, the first to offer a no-excuses reason to drive an electric vehicle," said Mark Reuss, General Motors' global product development director, as he took hold of the newly redesigned NACTOY trophy — which happened to be designed by recently retired GM styling chief Ed Welburn.
Museum Town, which premiered March 10th at the South by Southwest Film Festival, is comprised of two main narrative threads: the first lays out a history of the institution's funding challenges since staff members of the Williams College of Art took hold of a newly vacated North Adams factory space in 1986.
This is not necessarily about adulthood, but I find it troubling that I had to look elsewhere to learn even one thing about the Iran Hostage Crisis, in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after students loyal to the Iranian Revolution took hold of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
In my experience of working with lesbian partners after miscarriage, many have described their desire, and need, to "be strong" and "supportive" while a miscarriage took hold of their loved one's body, but in addition, they may well have to contend with social biases in a way that heterosexual male partners never will.
In Wisconsin, where Republicans took hold of state government years ago though the populace remained somewhat split politically, the political leaders have done the opposite — pressing forward with a conservative agenda that has included hard-fought measures to reduce labor power, limit abortions and add restrictions on voting that disproportionately affect Democratic constituencies.
QAnon is tightly related to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory that took hold of the seedier parts of the internet in 2016 (and led one man to walk into a pizza shop in Washington, DC, with an assault rifle), and views of its explainer videos on YouTube are fueled by algorithmic recommendations and cross-pollination.
First, in case you zoned out after Jessica Chastain uttered the line "your emotions make you weak," here's where the movie left Jean: After an incredibly high-stakes train heist scene in which the power-hungry alien Vuk (Chastain) and her followers tried to get suck the cosmic energy inside of Jean, our gal finally took hold of her mystical and destructive new powers.

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