The press seized on that comment to ridicule her ambitions, snidely inquiring which of the brothers she wanted to play.

But the press seized on them with a sustained intensity because they revealed something about the President's values.

The press seized the opportunity to portray him as a villain accused of anarchist conspiracies and petty crimes.

In 1904 the press seized on the affair, causing a huge scandal and leading to the dismissal of general André.

She knew the press would seize on the food from Maxims, the tents by Jansen, and so on.

In 1839 he was arrested and his press seized due to the contents of the paper.

That change of mind would be what all the experts, and the press, would seize on.

The press and critics of the war have seized on these remarks in an effort to undermine President Bush's Iraq policy.

The Israeli press, less restrained than ever by censors, seizes on accidents as symptoms of deteriorating standards.

The yellow press seized upon this to describe the battle as a rout; in reality, Wheeler had been much closer to defeat.