takings
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Tourists from around the world are now flooding back: 4.8 million visitors arrived in 2024, boosting the coffers of the basilica, which relies on the takings as well as private donations.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
This fee-structure means that takings claims should be available even when litigants lack upfront fees for a lawyer, but have an otherwise strong case.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
Other courts, more plausibly, have held that a takings claim can be brought only when a police officer is acting unreasonably in destroying property.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
It achieved the biggest opening weekend takings for a non-fiction feature in the last decade, according to Deadline.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
At midnight it was his job to report to Patterson and hand over the takings of the evening.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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