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landowner

[land-oh-ner] / ˈlændˌoʊ nər /






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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

“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The high-profile media tycoon was also a philanthropist and U.S. landowner; “I’ve won more than most.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

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

By the time George Washington appeared before Dinwiddie, he was a major landowner.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

In many areas of the San Joaquin Valley, water agencies have adopted flat fees, so the largest landowners are paying the same per-volume rate as the smallest ones.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The Kiliti family hopes that the incoming technology infrastructure will do more for the local economy than make landowners rich.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

As locals questioned this growth, a city-commissioned Urban Land Institute study found the church was behaving similarly to most large institutional urban landowners, such as universities or hospitals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

A judge said the company should do more to give landowners proper notice and criticised its "failure to grapple" with the risk of spreading livestock diseases from farm to farm.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Esteban Trueba and the other landowners in the area gathered in their club to plan political strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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