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to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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People from certain ethnic groups and those living in deprived areas are waiting longer for public healthcare in England, an analysis has shown.Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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The house, built for the aristocracy nearly 300 years ago, was divided into 19 tenement flats in the late 19th century as the area became more deprived and crowded.Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 June 2024
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Quinn Martin learned that the house evicted T’kor Clottey during the Jankie World week, and Leah Peters and Angela Murray joined them a week later after the double eviction.David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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Who was evicted on 'Big Brother'?David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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These funding projects went toward various infrastructure needs, and 42 percent of the $4.2 billion worth of funding went to disadvantaged communities, following through on President Joe Biden's Justice40 Initiative.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The money would come from funds that had been granted to Habitat for Humanity for development of affordable, zero-energy homes on vacant lots in disadvantaged communities, according to the legislation.Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
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Unfortunately, in recent years, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has embraced and promoted an impoverished worldview regarding gender and sexuality.Enquirer staff, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
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On an international level, too..., one country’s climate response can easily leave another country impoverished, either through neglect, foolishness or outright malevolence.Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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More than any of the wide-ranging jobs Miranda has taken on in the past five years, The Warriors, a classic yarn about underprivileged New Yorkers weathering an arduous power struggle, is catnip for the 44-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning polymath.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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The evening benefitted the Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation, a Scottish scholarship charity that provides internship opportunities for adult college students, mostly from underprivileged backgrounds.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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With little effort, Israel can continue to control the flow of international aid to Gaza’s destitute population and use disproportionate and overwhelming force against any nascent glimmer of resistance.Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Mauritius may have gambled with its national dowry, but its consideration for a destitute citizenry wasn’t merely notional.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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There’s also a bartender, Peterman’s Gabby, who is far more self-sufficient than Barbra Jean, but just as needy as her former, far more kooky alter-ego.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, California gets another shot at getting food money to needy kids.Denise Amos, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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Johnson has run through a series of attorneys, represented himself, and then was appointed a public defender until Clymer determined in court that Johnson was not indigent and therefore didn’t qualify for one.Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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The increase also applies to disabled and largely indigent retirees receiving SSI or Supplemental Security Income.Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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