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A major landowner, especially in Tadcaster, the brewery refused to permit the construction of a temporary footbridge over the River Wharfe in Tadcaster on land it owned in 2016.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Although legally the financial responsibility of clearing fly-tipped waste on private property falls on the landowner, the council said it stepped in given the "exceptional danger and scale of the site".

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Near the Pee Dee River that runs through the Carolinas, George began working for a white landowner until, he recalls, a “hue and cry found me out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Everybody held his breath while the landowner squinted his eyes and spat.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

If the field trial is successful, Paskett hopes landowners and forest rangers will be able to sign up to the scheme.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Biddy Mason was born into slavery in 1818 in Mississippi, but won her freedom in court and became one of the most prolific landowners in L.A., according to the National Park Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

For decades, the Agriculture Department, in an effort to reduce the production of agricultural commodities, has handsomely paid landowners to convert agricultural lands to tree farms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Ross Ewing from landowners organisation Scottish Land and Estates said: "This is a significant and practical step from the Scottish government which we strongly welcome."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

On the land taken from the commons, landowners were able to employ laborers from the peasant class to raise large herds of sheep and to send the wool to factories to be processed.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz