deed
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It will not have its own address, tax parcel or deed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Alas, no good deed goes unprotested by a domestic special interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Having been enjoyably candid about his goals for the summer - smashing a 27-year-old standard and winning Games gold - Kerr concedes there is relief about following word with deed.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
It seemed like a very long time ago that she had tried to do a good deed for Isabelle and ended up writing a letter of complaint instead.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
It wasn't just their deeds on the pitch that felt otherworldly, though.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Being an executor is not a job for the faint of heart, but payable- and transfer-on-death deeds certainly simplify matters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Every year new movies and TV shows dramatising Mao's life beam the message of his great deeds to public.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Buckingham’s office is now surveying state tracts in the area and “conducting a thorough review of relevant titles and deeds to better determine the location and extent of any potential trespass,” she added.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Or maybe he was back in his devil’s den, making a note in his log of evil deeds: first day of summer, trapped Virgil Salinas in a well.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Keys come with deeded ownership to a sliver of non-buildable beachfront; they often stay in the same family for generations, though a handful sell on the open market each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We have Intracoastal access, seven boat slips, and private deeded beach access,” Cameron said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
He was sentenced to probation for four years and deeded the property back to the town in 2014.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
Shortly before her death in 1944, Betty deeded the ranch to the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
“He has deeded me the house,” said Miss Love.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“I’m wondering, have you ever planned on deeding any of your personal property or property of the Smithsonian to any of these tribes?” he asked Hartig.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
I settled my father’s estate, but found a will deeding a mobile home to his stepson.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
But in the Nov. 22 meeting, supervisor Mike Walls said the people who spoke against deeding the statue were proof that it is under threat.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
His chairmanship was a capstone of a long career serving his people, particularly as a spokesperson for his tribe and point man on deeding the tribe’s first land into trust and developing a casino.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
Well, I come back at you by deeding the Circle C to my girl and taking up the Del Oro homestead.
From Crooked Trails and Straight by D. C. Hutchison
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