squatter
Example Sentences
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Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla said Unibev was “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
She excelled on stage and screen in Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” playing a crotchety squatter with an imperious sense of entitlement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
This was a squatter camp outside Johannesburg in 1994 as South Africa prepared to vote in its first non-racial elections.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
The operation came days after police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squatter camp in a suburb south of Paris.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024
I told Mom she was the snootiest squatter I’d ever met, and that made her laugh.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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