Indeed, the winning team does not even get temporary possession.

The temporary possession or occupancy of property that belongs to another.

This gives the Muts the temporary possession of the flag.

For an instant he savoured his temporary possession of the whip hand.

Long before we could negotiate even temporary possession of such an amount the Toymaster would strike."

However, even temporary possession brings prestige and status.

"To actually go off with the Mazarin stone would be a more serious offence than to be found in temporary possession of it."

That is only a temporary possession.

In lieu of an actual handshake, Rosie allowed him temporary possession of her fingertips.

Tom felt aimless, stupid violence boiling off both men - mad dogs who had found themselves in temporary possession of the kennel.

Our creditors, ignorant that their payment is a question of time only, would otherwise have seized the furniture and the temporary possession of the house.

And Saxon, the sense of temporary possession already strong on her, noted with jealous eyes that he was a favorite and desired object to them.

She has the ability to allow temporary possession of her body by spirits, used in her occupation to reunite lovers temporarily.

Pomp espied it when he entered the house, and resolved, if possible, to take temporary possession of it after his lesson was over.

They have one God, Nhialic, who speaks through spirits that take temporary possession of individuals in order to speak through them.

Fifty-three men had submitted the original petition, and were granted temporary possession on November 24, 1794, pending satisfaction of prescribed criteria.

The verb tenê is a possessive verb that expresses a temporary possession.

In moving into temporary possession of first place before losing to the Flyers, the Capitals' domination of recent opponents had been dramatic.

"Temporary possession?"

When the de Menil collection was granted temporary possession of the frescoes, they constructed a chapel to house the frescoes and keep them safe.

Thus, at intervals, cash came into Layton's temporary possession, and he kept such funds at the Darport Trust.

There is a theme common to the many different stories of this type that involves poor persons daydreaming of future wealth arising from a temporary possession.

During Warlock's temporary possession of the Gauntlet, he purges all good and evil from his being, leaving him entirely a creature of logic.

The family seat of Neasden House he never sold, but mortgaged it so recklessly that it passed into the temporary possession of the mortgagee.

Lady Benello stopped short of linking arms with him, but seemed willing to walk by his side, even if it left her rival in temporary possession of Ivan.