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landowner

[land-oh-ner] / ˈlændˌoʊ nər /






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George Brown, another landowner opposed to rerouting, said he lives half a mile from the bluffs and questioned whether the erosion was as precarious as officials said it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Caricom Reparations Commission chair Hilary Beckles has repeatedly spoken out about ex-Conservative Party lawmaker and UK landowner Richard Drax, 68, whose ancestors established Drax Hall Estate in Barbados in the mid-17th century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Three villages had come together to harvest these olives, the landowner Amin Khalil, told me, as a form of protection against attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

These aircraft can only be called in after approval by the fire service incident commander, and when the landowner has "contractual arrangements" in place to cover the costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“The place is like a battlefield,” a landowner in Norfolk wrote.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

"The landowners are not particularly clear about the social and environmental impacts of the project, so the government must not rush this project," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Two revolutions radically reduced the power of individual landowners to use their land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I agree, but I’m not sure that I want to label a fundamental reduction in the power of landowners an “ownership society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

And in Humboldt County, the goal of moving Centerville Road inland has long faced pushback from adjacent private landowners, who have refused to grant right-of-way access because they worried about trespassing, vandalism and safety issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

When the nobles appropriated the commons, they created a peasant class that had little choice but to work for the landowners.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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