government land

Example Sentences

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He wants to rapidly expand emergency shelters on unused government land “so that people living in encampments have somewhere safe to go immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

"In the meantime, the government has started looking for alternative government land to resettle the villagers," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

It used government land in the West to help finance the Union Pacific-Central Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

More residents told the publication that the introduction of miners and machines could lead to government land grabs on developers’ behalf, thus displacing the population.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2023

He's as much right to run sheep on government land as they have to run cattle, though sheep are a plumb nuisance in a cow country.

From Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life by Parker, Frances