lakefront

Example Sentences

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Instead, he siphoned the money into a personal slush fund, leased a Manhattan apartment, renovated a lakefront property and spent $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, according to the indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The news came mere weeks after Owens and Biles left Chicago and moved back to Texas—and to the custom lakefront mansion they spent years building.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

He ascended with multiple passengers the day before, at the lakefront in Chicago, but a still day meant the balloon drifted barely three miles before being towed back.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2024

He invested only 1.6% of that sum - while spending millions on luxury cars, flights on private jets and lakefront mansions, according to court documents.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

When the yellow-gray buildings on the lakefront were demolished, shortly after Venkatesh’s first visit, the gang relocated to another housing project even deeper in Chicago’s south side.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt