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[land-oh-ner] / ˈlændˌoʊ nər /






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Near the Pee Dee River that runs through the Carolinas, George began working for a white landowner until, he recalls, a “hue and cry found me out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Sherriff says her team quickly arranged a 15-metre rollback with the landowner, and within weeks the path was open again.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

They no longer manage demolition, but they are the titleholder to publicly-owned land, and are still the largest single landowner in the city of Detroit.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

In the American South during that same period, it would have been highly unusual for a white landowner to have such a public relationship with a slave.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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