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Take, for example, a landowner who sues a factory for polluting a river.—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 May 2025 Trump and Elon Musk — a South African immigrant — have accused the country’s government in Pretoria, which is Musk’s hometown, of instituting anti-white laws and policies, and fueling violence against white landowners in the nation that for decades was the home of apartheid.—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025 Some of the biggest challenges lie with the site: The intentions of landowner Orange County are not clear — though county leaders have had multiple conversations with Dreamers representatives — and opposition from neighbors is possible, even likely.—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025 In 1898, British landowner William Claxton Peppé excavated an ancient funerary monument on his estate in northern India.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for landowner
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