evict

Example Sentences

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In East Corinth: For “Beetlejuice,” the movie studio built the facade of a house where Michael Keaton’s character had to evict the newlydeads played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 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

Perhaps that’s because state and city laws make it difficult to evict deadbeats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The tenants were convinced that if they talked with the community organizer, the executive director of the DHA, stern Carvie Oldham, would evict them.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson