landowner

Example Sentences

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Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

They no longer manage demolition, but they are the titleholder to publicly-owned land, and are still the largest single landowner in the city of Detroit.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

"Roman ingots are exceptionally rare and represent a tangible link to Wales' Roman industrial past," said landowner and farmer Geraint Jenkins, who granted the detectorists permission to search on the land.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The farmer and landowner has been working with renewables firm Neoen for more than a decade and said he was initially worried the panels would restrict his sheep's grazing.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

It looked to be a good harvest this year, though in the way of sharecroppers, they had to pay off the landowner first.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson