rack-rent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rent
Verb
  • When two Black students attempted to rent a Bridgeport apartment, Daley let his neighbors run them out.
    Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Perle was underwriting it and finally had to rent a hall to accommodate the troops.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • He’s also brought in nearly the same overall from the other cities and counties that subsequently hired him.
    Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Detailed policy and hiring programs had been negotiated and assembled.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For properties that had been leased or listed in the previous year, landlords are barred from hiking rents by more than 10%.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The off-price retailer leased 23,700 square feet of space at 1030 South White Rd.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Last week, China's Shandong Port Group banned tankers under U.S. sanctions from calling at its ports, and Bloomberg reported that India would not allow tankers chartered after sanctions to discharge at its ports.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The business first chartered sailboats and then represented northern European yacht brands in Italy.
    Robb Report Staff, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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