evict

Example Sentences

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Rights groups have been critical of some of Balen’s measures, saying they hurt the poor, such as clearing away street vendors from sidewalks and attempting to evict unauthorized settlements from public lands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

They also point to other local regulations that make it challenging to evict tenants who don’t pay their rent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

If this were a tenant whom you didn’t know, you would evict them and pull your hair out over how anyone could feel so entitled as to take something for nothing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Ditto the city’s current rent regulation and a 2019 state law that requires landlords to demonstrate a “just cause” to evict tenants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

It had felt like one long snow day, and—best yet—his mom had said that the landlords weren’t allowed to evict anyone, so they wouldn’t have to move.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman