evict
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Raman has talked up her work enacting new renter protections, narrowing the ability of landlords to evict tenants and winning approval of a 4% cap on annual rent increases in rent-stabilized buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
You cannot evict a man from a house he has built himself.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
After 10 years, how can she evict him?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
On the few occasions when Trading Standards can shut a business permanently, it's generally by working with landlords, who evict tenants.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Two years ago, she had tried to evict them on the pretext that relatives from China were coming to live there.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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She added that before Plymouth evicts any tenants, it works with tenants to get them on a payment plan or other methods to pay off their debt.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Anti-eviction activists stick a banner reading "Sareb evicts" against a wall as they wait for an eviction in Madrid, Spain, October 14, 2016.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2022
With over $6,000 in back rent and late fees to pay, she’s not sure where they will go if her landlord evicts them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
In a suggestive afterword, the novel’s translator, Naomi Lebowitz, notes how Per “restlessly evicts himself” from all those places which could offer him refuge.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2019
“I’m just saying, the Beiderman should be a man and show his face to us at least one time before he evicts us. We need an explanation!”
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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The frustration boiled over last month when an 87-year-old pensioner was evicted from her life-long Madrid home, sparking nationwide protests that ended with the calling of an early general election for November 29.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
María del Carmen Abascal, 87, died in a hospital two weeks after she was forcibly evicted from a flat where she had lived for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Abascal was evicted after she was unable to pay a sharp rent increase introduced by Urbagestión, the company that owned her flat in central Madrid.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sadly he climbed out of the barrel, like a hermit crab being evicted from a favorite shell.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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In some states, evicting a tenant who does not pay can take up to six months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Baek's home burnt down in a recent blaze, evicting him to a life in temporary shelter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
He and a team of admins take the role seriously, evicting inactive members—and those who break the rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It’s Mr. Beiderman, and he’s not evicting us. He’s not renewing our lease,” Mama said.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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