dwelling
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States and cities are rethinking zoning laws, allowing accessory dwelling units and overriding local rules near public transit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
The Carney homestead, located in the townland of Ayle, was a standard rural dwelling of the time: a thatched cottage with two windows in the front.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
The inspector ordered her to cease using the building as a dwelling, remove the unauthorised structure and demolish the "unlawful extension" to the barn.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Her story covers the breadth of her life, dwelling especially on her youth in the 1930s among migrant fruit pickers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
They ate, and some small effort was made at polite conversation, but their minds were elsewhere, dwelling on the story.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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