owned

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The charity also owned properties in Manchester in London which the union occupied rent-free.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

To qualify, you must have owned and lived in the home as your main residence for at least two of the five years prior to the sale.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Access can be even more difficult because about one third of the continent consists of privately owned land.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

In bigger markets, like New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Spirit owned valuable slots that other airlines could snatch up during the bankruptcy proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

She had everything they owned packed, and was ready to go.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls