evict
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Three previous attempts to evict her were blocked by the courts and the case has received increasing media attention.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
You cannot evict a man from a house he has built himself.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Now, the Indian government wants to evict the club, which has come under increasing criticism for its British colonial-era traditions and trappings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
After 10 years, how can she evict him?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
If y’all’s to fall behind on what you owe Mr. Tanner, I ain’t gonna have no choice but to evict y’all.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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
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
Michelle, appalled, evicts him from the house and threatens to end their 10-year marriage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2016
“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
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
The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
We created a floor under which you could owe rent but not be evicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
On top of that, Roebuck’s son had recently evicted Jeramy from a house he owned.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Worst of all, she told them, she was being evicted for falling a month behind on the rent and had nowhere else to go.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
He was the leader of the military when it began a 2017 crackdown evicting Rohingya in droves from their homes in western Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Baek's home burnt down in a recent blaze, evicting him to a life in temporary shelter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Under the new law, the grounds for evicting tenants are significantly tightened up.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
He says she was working on evicting her son before she left on a midsummer trip to Norway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
“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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