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landowner

[land-oh-ner] / ˈlændˌoʊ nər /






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George Brown, another landowner opposed to rerouting, said he lives half a mile from the bluffs and questioned whether the erosion was as precarious as officials said it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Caricom Reparations Commission chair Hilary Beckles has repeatedly spoken out about ex-Conservative Party lawmaker and UK landowner Richard Drax, 68, whose ancestors established Drax Hall Estate in Barbados in the mid-17th century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Sutherland-born landowner, Gen Sir Hector Munro of Novar, had the folly built and paid for it with prize money and pensions he earned serving with the British Army in India.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The day a forest landowner becomes wealthy is the day he quits being a forest landowner,” Hopkins said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In the American South during that same period, it would have been highly unusual for a white landowner to have such a public relationship with a slave.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Two revolutions radically reduced the power of individual landowners to use their land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

And in Humboldt County, the goal of moving Centerville Road inland has long faced pushback from adjacent private landowners, who have refused to grant right-of-way access because they worried about trespassing, vandalism and safety issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

For years, he said, he’d been promising tribes and landowners their concerns would be addressed as the law requires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"If we genuinely want to improve mobile connectivity, we need a system that encourages co-operation between landowners and operators, rather than driving them further apart," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The train folk, clean, wrapped in furs, parade like they’re already big, important landowners.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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