evict
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After 10 years, how can she evict him?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“The government can evict you from what you thought was yours for so long,” said Bali Venkata Raju, a farmer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
This often isn’t enough time to recoup investment, and investors would have to evict renters to sell the homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
In 2023, the owners of the massive 712-unit Westside complex attempted to evict every single resident in order to install fire sprinklers and safety upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
We don’t have the money for legal proceedings to evict them.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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
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
A few years later, the investor evicts one tenant and moves into the house.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
“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
But Palestinians to whom AFP spoke feared being evicted entirely.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
They hired lawyers, but by early this year Ingalls and the others were all evicted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Jerusalem's District Court recently issued a temporary injunction preventing the Basha family from being evicted while it considers their legal request for an appeal.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Kylo Ren has officially been evicted from the fictional “Star Wars” town of Black Spire Outpost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
She told me that we were going to be evicted.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Key elements of the legislation, including a ban on evicting tenants in England without a reason, come into force on Friday.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
He says she was working on evicting her son before she left on a midsummer trip to Norway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Flores said evicting him makes no sense because the property is intended to be used as affordable housing that he qualifies for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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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