landowner
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CIRI, the landowner, says that it is committed to strong environmental stewardship and that the project could generate large economic benefits for the community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He got his political inspiration from seeing his father and other loggers “standing up to a wealthy landowner who thought he could squeeze them for more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Thorpe said he had invited a planning officer from Southwark Council to view the wall, as well as a representative of the local landowner the Dulwich Estate.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The first was a tenant farmer who worked for Lester McCoy, a well-known western-Kansas landowner and businessman.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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If the field trial is successful, Paskett hopes landowners and forest rangers will be able to sign up to the scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
But it has faced considerable backlash in certain communities, with groups representing hundreds of landowners recently taking the company to court.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
For decades, the Agriculture Department, in an effort to reduce the production of agricultural commodities, has handsomely paid landowners to convert agricultural lands to tree farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
These landowners, largely in the Central Valley and the Central Coast, would no longer have to pay fees for the conversions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
When the nobles appropriated the commons, they created a peasant class that had little choice but to work for the landowners.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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