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evict

[ih-vikt] / ɪˈvɪkt /


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After 10 years, how can she evict him?

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Durazo has authored successful legislation in Sacramento to close loopholes that make it easier for landlords to evict tenants and introduced legislation to create a tax credit for businesses that hire homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

George Kamel: We took a call, it was a couple in their 80s trying to evict their daughter, who was in her 50s and still living at home.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

About six months later, Vivos sought to evict him, citing a rule against brandishing firearms—a rule added after he signed his lease.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Fed up with all the rotten publicity, the Miccosukees announced that they intended to sue Dusty for embezzlement, and evict what was left of the Coral Queen from their “tribal grounds,” meaning the marina.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

She added that before Plymouth evicts any tenants, it works with tenants to get them on a payment plan or other methods to pay off their debt.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 2024

Anti-eviction activists stick a banner reading "Sareb evicts" against a wall as they wait for an eviction in Madrid, Spain, October 14, 2016.

From Reuters Apr. 5, 2022

With over $6,000 in back rent and late fees to pay, she’s not sure where they will go if her landlord evicts them.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2021

In a suggestive afterword, the novel’s translator, Naomi Lebowitz, notes how Per “restlessly evicts himself” from all those places which could offer him refuge.

From The New Yorker Oct. 14, 2019

“I’m just saying, the Beiderman should be a man and show his face to us at least one time before he evicts us. We need an explanation!”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

It is being forced to, the way a homeowner under water on his mortgage does not so much decide to sell as get evicted by the arithmetic.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

But Palestinians to whom AFP spoke feared being evicted entirely.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Just three days before, she had been evicted from a home on Argyle Avenue that once allegedly belonged to Cecil B. DeMille.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

They hired lawyers, but by early this year Ingalls and the others were all evicted.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Mine is, Would you rather be evicted or take a bus for four hours to a person’s house you don’t know?

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The new rules also mean big changes for landlords, with some warning that there could be delays evicting bad tenants from their properties.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Phoenix-area real-estate agent Neil Brooks said when his clients are considering renting out their homes, he encourages them to think through scenarios like evicting a tenant or getting sued.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

“There are no plans or discussions about evicting IDEPSCA,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

Under-16s and parents are divided over the merits of evicting youth from their online lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

“It’s Mr. Beiderman, and he’s not evicting us. He’s not renewing our lease,” Mama said.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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