evict
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Rights groups have been critical of some of Balen’s measures, saying they hurt the poor, such as clearing away street vendors from sidewalks and attempting to evict unauthorized settlements from public lands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
They also point to other local regulations that make it challenging to evict tenants who don’t pay their rent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
If this were a tenant whom you didn’t know, you would evict them and pull your hair out over how anyone could feel so entitled as to take something for nothing.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
"Landlords will also be able to evict a tenant if they have more than three months' arrears at the time of a court hearing."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
I would have flared an ugliness of anger and he would then have been able to evict me with pleasure and good conscience.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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